Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in croplands converted to walnut-based agroforestry systems and orchards in southeastern Loess Plateau of China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Lu, Sen ^a,b   Meng, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Jinsong ^a,b   Yin, Changjun ^a   Sun, Shiyou ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Land use change; Soil organic carbon; Total nitrogen; Walnut orchard

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FARMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL NITROGEN; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; SOIL;

AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOCULTURE; ORCHARD; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; DENSITY; LAND USE; ORCHARD; POROSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; WALNUT; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

JUGLANS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; JUGLANS; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84944448242     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4131-9     Document Type: Article

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