Overgrazing decreases soil organic carbon stocks the most under dry climates and low soil pH: A meta-analysis shows

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 221, Issue , 2016, Pages 258-269

  Dlamini, Phesheya ^a,b   Chivenge, Pauline ^a,d   Chaplot, Vincent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Controlling factors; Grassland degradation; Grasslands; SOC stocks; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERGRAZING; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL;

ASIA;

EID: 84957927747     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.026     Document Type: Article

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