Dynamics of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon along an afforestation chronosequence

Plant and Soil

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 237-251

  Qiu, Liping ^a   Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Gao, Jianlun ^b   Zhang, Xingchang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hengshan Meteorological Office of Shaanxi Province ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Afforestation age; Chinese pine; OC accumulation; OC turnover; Soil aggregate; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEPTH;

CHINA;

EID: 84938199407     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2415-7     Document Type: Article

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