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 Cerrados, a large savanna region in Brazil, the effects of different land use on aggregation in Oxisols were studied, using laser diffraction grain-size analyses. The topsoil of plowed systems had significantly fewer macroaggregates (194-2000 micro m) and a significantly larger fraction of...
Westerhof, R
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Buurman, P
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Griethuysen, C. van
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Vilela, L
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Zech, W.
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[Aggregation studied by laser diffraction in relation to plowing, soil organic matter, and lime in the Brazilian cerrados]
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Aggregation studied by laser diffraction in relation to plowing, soil organic matter, and lime 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
Little is known about the sustainability of cultivation systems in the Brazilian savannas, also known as the Cerrados, despite its increasing significance for that country`s agriculture. To characterize management effects and follow alterations of organic compounds in different fractions, we stud...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Resck, DVS
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Zech, W.
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[Soil organic matter in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados]
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Soil organic matter in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados