Changes in total, mineralizable and light fraction soil organic matter with cropping and tillage intensities in semiarid southern Alberta, Canada

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-240

  Larney, Francis J ^d   Bremer, Eric ^a,d   Janzen, H Henry ^d   Johnston, Adrian M ^b,d   Lindwall, C Wayne ^c,d  

^a Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cropping intensity; Fallow; Light fraction C; Organic N; Soil carbon; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING TILLAGE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CANADA, ALBERTA; CANADA, PRAIRIES;

EID: 0030756774     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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