Potential for carbon sequestration in European soils: Preliminary estimates for five scenarios using results from long-term experiments

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-79

  Smith, Pete ^a   Powlson, David S ^a   Glendining, Margaret J ^a   Smith, Jo U ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; European Union; GCTE; Long term experiment; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter network (SOMNET)

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; EUROPEAN UNION; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER NETWORK;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031432005     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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