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Article: Long-term effects of different land use and soil management on various organic carbon fractions in an Inceptisol of subtropical India.
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Soil Research
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
- Author:
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Introduction
The carbon stock in agricultural soils is affected by changes in land use or management practices and converting forests to croplands has contributed to the historical rise in global levels of atmospheric C[O.sub.2] (Wilson 1978; Houghton et al. 1983; Flach et al. 1997). Therefore, the dynamics of C in terrestrial ecosystems have been at the centre of attention and there is much interest in assessing the potential capacity of highly managed agricultural soils to store surplus atmospheric C[O.sub.2].
Land-use changes, especially the conversion of native forest vegetation to cropland and plantations in tropical region, can alter soil C (Chen ...