Soil erosion affects variations of soil organic carbon and soil respiration along a slope in Northeast China
Abstract Background Although soil erosion plays a key role in the carbon cycle, a holistic and mechanistic understanding of the soil erosion process within the cycle is still lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to improve our mechanistic understanding of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-08-01
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Series: | Ecological Processes |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-019-0184-6 |