Soil organic C in the tallgrass prairie-derived region of the corn belt: Effects of long-term crop management

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 219-234

  Huggins, D R ^a,f   Buyanovsky, G A ^b   Wagner, G H ^b   Brown, J R ^b   Darmody, R G ^c   Peck, T R ^c   Lesoing, G W ^d   Vanotti, M B ^a   Bundy, L G ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon modeling; Carbon sequestration; Labile carbon; Soil organic carbon; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032490616     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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