What is it about?
The effect of afforestation with Eucalypt and Pinus trees on soil organic carbon in tropical savanna is addressed here.
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Why is it important?
This has been one of the first studies published on how soil C pools change with afforestation in the tropics.
Perspectives
The counterintuitive notion that soil C can be depleted after plantation of fast growing trees has been the main take-home lesson from this work.
Dr Yuri L Zinn
Federal University of Lavras
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This page is a summary of: Soil organic carbon as affected by afforestation with Eucalyptus and Pinus in the Cerrado region of Brazil, Forest Ecology and Management, August 2002, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1127(01)00682-x.
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