Influence of tillage practice on carbon sequestration is scale-dependent

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-70

  Bergstrom, D W ^a   Monreal, C M ^b   St Jacques, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Soil series; Tillage; Topography

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035027418     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S00-017     Document Type: Article

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