Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  MacHmuller, Megan B ^a   Kramer, Marc G ^b   Cyle, Taylor K ^a   Hill, Nick ^a   Hancock, Dennis ^a   Thompson, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOREST SOIL; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; ION EXCHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOREST SOIL; GRAZING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928787220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7995     Document Type: Article

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