Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen following land abandonment of farmland on the Loess Plateau, China.

The revegetation of abandoned farmland significantly influences soil organic C (SOC) and total N (TN). However, the dynamics of both soil OC and N storage following the abandonment of farmland are not well understood. To learn more about soil C and N storages dynamics 30 years after the conversion o...

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Main Authors: Lei Deng, Zhou-Ping Shangguan, Sandra Sweeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3733848?pdf=render