From forest to cropland and pasture systems: A critical review of soil organic carbon stocks changes in Amazonia

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2773-2786

  Fujisaki, Kenji ^a,b   Perrin, Anne Sophie ^a   Desjardins, Thierry ^c   Bernoux, Martial ^b   Balbino, Luiz Carlos ^d   Brossard, Michel ^b  

^a Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Oléagineux et du Chanvre CETIOM   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annual crop; Carbon storage; Chronosequence; Deforestation; Grassland; Humid tropics; Rainforest; Soil organic matter; Soil tillage; 13C

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEFORESTATION; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; RAINFOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84931003821     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12906     Document Type: Article

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