Tracing carbon and nitrogen fluxes in soil of log-over forest and highly degraded area of oil palm plantations using stable isotope analysis

• Main Authors: Alaswad, Fathia Ahmad M., Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus, Ismail, Ahmad, Mohd Kusin, Faradiella, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir, Awang, Muhamad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31240/1/BIO%202014-58.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31240/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The role of soil organic matter in the world’s climate has become the focus of recent studies, particularly with suggestions by the Kyoto protocol that soils may act as a potential sink for CO2. With approximately 1500 Gt C contained in the upper meter of the world’s mineral soils. Changes in climat...