Decrease in carbon stocks in an oxisol due to land use and cover change in southwestern Amazon

Decrease in carbon stocks in an oxisol due to land use and cover change in southwestern Amazon

This study presents data on the influence of the land cover type on soil carbon stocks in an Oxisol in southwestern Amazon, Acre, Brazil, under three land cover types: mature forest, pasture and rubber tree plantation. Total soil carbon was calculated using carbon concentration in soil and soil bulk...

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Main Authors: Paulo Guilherme Salvador Wadt, Suhelen de Souza Alves, Cleber Ibraim Salimon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2009-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
soil carbon
Amazon
land cover change
climatic change
Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/235

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