The net flux of carbon from agricultural soils in Canada 1970-2010

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 557-568

  Smith, W N ^a   Desjardins, R L ^a   Pattey, E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Century model; CO2; Modelling; Sequestration; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON FLUX; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON;

CANADA;

EID: 0034125187     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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