Organic carbon dynamics in different soil types after conversion of forest to agriculture

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-283

  Bruun, T B ^a   Elberling, B ^a   de Neergaard, A ^a   Magid, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Land use change; Soil organic carbon; Tropical agriculture, ultisol, vertisol; 13C signatures

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; KAOLINITE; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON;

FIELD CONDITIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SMALL SCALE FARMING; SOC CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STATE OF THE ART; ULTISOL;

SOILS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84926529645     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2205     Document Type: Article

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