Preliminary estimates of the potential for carbon mitigation in European soils through no-till farming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-685

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

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON FLUX; EMISSION CONTROL; SOIL; TILLAGE;

EID: 0031716849     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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