Soil fauna and organic amendment interactions affect soil carbon and crop performance in semi-arid West Africa

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractio

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions and water-stable aggregation as affected by cropping and grassland reclamation in an arid sub-alpine soil

✍ Xiao Gang Li; Ping Liang Zhang; Ping Yin; Yin Ke Li; Qi Fu Ma; Rui Jun Long; Fen 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 153 KB

## Abstract This paper investigates effects of cropping abandonment and perennial grass growing on soil organic C and N pools and aggregate stability, by comparing soils under native grassland, crop cultivation, perennial grass growing and cropping abandonment, in degraded cropland at a sub‐alpine