Land-Use Type Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and Microbial Properties in a Semi-arid Region of Northeast Brazil

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 171-178

  Ferreira, Ana Carolina Câmara ^a   Leite, Luiz Fernando Carvalho ^a   de Araújo, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira ^b   Eisenhauer, Nico ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Microbial biomass; Pasture; Soil organic matter; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

CAATINGA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL QUALITY;

SOIL TESTING;

VITACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84957619579     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2282     Document Type: Article

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