How important is inert organic matter for predictive soil carbon modelling using the Rothamsted carbon model?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 433-436

  Falloon, Pete ^a   Smith, Pete ^a   Coleman, Kevin ^a   Marshall, Stewart ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

EID: 0034008871     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00172-8     Document Type: Article

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