Soil carbon stock in relation to soil properties and landscape position in a forest ecosystem of southern Italy (Calabria region)

Catena

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-33

  Conforti, Massimo ^a   Lucà, Federica ^a   Scarciglia, Fabio ^b   Matteucci, Giorgio ^a   Buttafuoco, Gabriele ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Forest soils; Slope morphology; Soil characteristics; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CURVATURE; ENTISOL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; INCEPTISOL; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SAMPLING; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84981313174     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.04.023     Document Type: Article

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