Understanding the role of soil erosion on co2-c loss using 13c isotopic signatures in abandoned Mediterranean agricultural land

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 330-336

  Novara, Agata ^a   Keesstra, Saskia ^b   Cerdà, Artemio ^c   Pereira, Paulo ^d   Gristina, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; C3 C4 soil; Semiarid agroecosystem; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; EROSION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER EROSION;

SOILS;

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EROSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84955288694     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.095     Document Type: Article

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