Modeling relationships between water table depth and peat soil carbon loss in Southeast Asian plantations

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Carlson, Kimberly M ^a,b   Goodman, Lael K ^c   May Tobin, Calen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Oil palm; Peatlands; Soil respiration; Subsidence; Tropics; Water table

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PALM OIL; PEAT; SOILS; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

ACACIA; OIL PALM; PEAT LAND; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER TABLES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; OXYGEN; PEATLAND; PLANTATION; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSIDENCE; WATER TABLE;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACACIA; ATTHIS; ELAEIS;

EID: 84982078202     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074006     Document Type: Article

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