Impact of alley cropping agroforestry on stocks, forms and spatial distribution of soil organic carbon - A case study in a Mediterranean context

Geoderma

Volumn 259-260, Issue , 2015, Pages 288-299

  Cardinael, Rémi ^a,d   Chevallier, Tiphaine ^a   Barthès, Bernard G ^a   Saby, Nicolas P A ^b   Parent, Théophile ^a   Dupraz, Christian ^c   Bernoux, Martial ^a   Chenu, Claire ^d  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b Info Sols Unit   (France)

^c Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

^d UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

Author keywords

Deep soil organic carbon stocks; Particle size fractionation; Soil mapping; Soil organic carbon saturation; Soil organic carbon storage; Visible and near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; INFRARED DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOILS;

DEEP SOILS; PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONATION; SOIL MAPPING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGES; VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRACTIONATION; GEOACCUMULATION; HYBRID; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERCROPPING; MAPPING METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABILIZATION; WHEAT;

CARBON; FORESTRY; FRACTIONATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAPPING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84935417951     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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