Effects of land cover on ecosystem services in Tanzania: A spatial assessment of soil organic carbon

Geoderma

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-283

  Winowiecki, Leigh ^a   Vågen, Tor Gunnar ^b   Huising, Jeroen ^c  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Erosion prevalence; Remote sensing; SOC stocks; Spatial scales; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORIES; LAND USE; MAPPING; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES; DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SOC STOCKS; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SPATIAL SCALE;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; MODIS; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84946472291     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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