Effect of agriculture and of clear-cut forest harvest on landscape-scale soil organic carbon storage in Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-218

  Pennock, D J ^a   Van Kessel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chernozemic; Landscape; Mollisol; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOREST HARVEST; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0030847197     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S96-112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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