Stocks and dynamics of soil carbon following deforestation for pasture in Rondônia

Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 9-28

  Neill, Christopher ^a   Cerri, Carlos C ^b   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   Feigl, Brigitte J ^b   Steudler, Paul A ^a   Moraes, Jener F L ^c   Piccolo, Marisa C ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL USE; CARBON CYCLES; LAND-USE CHANGE; MINERAL SOILS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 85052442324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739273     Document Type: Chapter

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