A European network of long-term sites for studies on soil organic matter

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Powlson, David S ^a   Smith, Pete ^a   Coleman, Kevin ^a   Smith, Jo U ^a   Glendining, Margaret J ^a   Körschens, Martin ^b   Franko, Uwe ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Environmental Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Carbon sequestration; GCTE SOMNET; Long term experiment; Model evaluation; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0032490558     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00115-9     Document Type: Article

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