Measuring and understanding carbon storage in afforested soils by physical fractionation

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1981-1987

  Six, J ^a   Callewaert, P ^b   Lenders, S ^c   De Gryz, S ^d   Morris, S J ^e   Gregorich, E G ^a   Paul, E A ^a   Paustian, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FRACTIONATION; LAND USE;

AFFORESTATION;

SOILS;

FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; MICROAGGREGATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STORAGE;

CANADA; KEMPTVILLE; OHIO; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036852935     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1981     Document Type: Article

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