Improved sampling methods document decline in soil organic carbon stocks and concentrations of permanganate oxidizable carbon after transition from swidden to oil palm cultivation

• Main Authors: Bech Bruun, Thilde, Kelvin, Egay, Mertz, Ole, Magid, Jakob
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: SB Plant culture
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15933/1/Improved.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15933/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277384627_Improved_sampling_methods_document_decline_in_soil_organic_carbon_stocks_and_concentrations_of_permanganate_oxidizable_carbon_after_transition_from_swidden_to_oil_palm_cultivation

Oil palm plantations are spreading rapidly throughout Southeast Asia and in some countries, they are promoted as carbon sinks compared to the swidden cultivation systems that they often replace. However, little is known about the impacts of this land use change on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks or...