Intensive farming and grazing on Oxisols of the Brazilian savannas (also known as the Cerrados) are leading to loss of soil organic matter (SOM) and consequently to a decline in fertility and sustainability of the soils. Alternative land-use systems such as the introduction of legumes in pastures...
Fuhrmann, S
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Neudelft, H
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Westerhof, R
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Silva, J.E. da
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Zech, W.
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[Soil organic carbon, carbohydrates, amino sugars, and potentially mineralizable nitrogen under different land-use systems in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados]
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Soil organic carbon, carbohydrates, amino sugars, and potentially mineralizable nitrogen under different land-use systems in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados
In the Brazilian savannas, or Cerrados the rapid advance in agriculture and cattle ranching is affecting soils through, for example, accelerated erosion and depletion of soil organic matter (SOM). Changes in soil microbial biomass are good indicators of changes in SOM. We therefore assessed the e...
Renz, TE
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Resck, DVS
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Zech, W.
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[Microbial biomass, microbial activity, and carbon pools under different land-use systems in the Brazilian cerrados]
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Microbial biomass, microbial activity, and carbon pools under different land-use systems in the Brazilian cerrados
Short-term changes in soil aggregation, total and particulate organic C and N were studied in cropping and pasture systems of the Brazilian savannas, also known as the Cerrados. Furthermore, the concepts of a hierarchical aggregate structure and of the interaction of soil structure with particula...
Freibauer, A.
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Westerhof, R
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Silva, J.E. da
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Zech, W.
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[Short-term variation in aggregation and particulate organic matter under crops and pastures]
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Short-term variation in aggregation and particulate organic matter under crops and pastures
Soil organic matter quality is usually seen as a major attribute of soil quality. In this study, we extracted organic carbon with water (WEOC) or with potassium permanganate (PEOC). We assessed these extractions for their potential as sensitive indicators of the effect of land use on two importan...
Westerhof, R
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Vilela, L
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Zech, W.
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[Carbon fractions as sensitive indicators of quality of soil organic matter]
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Carbon fractions as sensitive indicators of quality of soil organic matter
Soil carbon distribution with depth, stable carbon isotope ratios in soil organic matter and their changes as a consequence of the presence of legume were studied in three 12-year-old tropical pastures (grass alone Brachiaria decumbens (C4), legume alone Pueraria phaseoloides (C3) and grass + l...
Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Thomas, Richard J.
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[The use of carbon isotope ratios to evaluate legume contribution to soil enhancement in tropical pastures]
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The use of carbon isotope ratios to evaluate legume contribution to soil enhancement in tropical pastures