Climate change impacts on soil organic carbon stocks of Mediterranean agricultural areas: A case study in Northern Egypt

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 238, Issue , 2017, Pages 142-152

  Muñoz Rojas, Miriam ^a,b   Abd Elmabod, Sameh K ^c,d   Zavala, Lorena M ^d   De la Rosa, Diego ^e   Jordán, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e Royal Academy of Sciences of Seville   (Spain)

Author keywords

CarboSOIL model; Global change; Land use; Land use change; Semi arid areas; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84995477000     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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