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    Morfología Fluvial.-Carbon sequestration capacity in a semiarid ecosystem: A carbon balance approach
    Almagro, M.; López, J.; Boix-Fayos, C.; Albaladejo, J.; Martínez-Mena, M.; Universidad de Murcia
    ABSTRACT Here, we used two C balance approaches to estimate total belowground C allocation (TBCA) in three representative land uses in a Mediterranean ecosystem (late-successional forest, abandoned agricultural field, rainfed olive grove). Our objectives were: 1) to asses the response of TBCA and its components to changes in land use; 2) to evaluate how soil water erosion and changes in C stored in roots, soil and litter layer altered our estimates of TBCA; 3) to determine annual net ecosystem productivity, and examine C allocation patterns at each land use.