Soil C and N changes on conservation reserve program lands in the Central Great Plains

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Reeder, J D ^a   Schuman, G E ^b   Bowman, R A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

CRP (Conservation Reserve Program); Nitrogen mineralization; Soil organic matter; Soil quality; Wheat fallow

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EROSION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES, GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES, WYOMING;

EID: 0032490614     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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