Possibilities for carbon sequestration in tropical and subtropical soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-173

  Batjes, N H ^a   Sombroek, W G ^a  

^a ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Global change; Land management; Soils; Subtropics; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SUBTROPICS; TROPICS;

EID: 0031473965     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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