Statistical assessment of a paired-site approach for verification of carbon and nitrogen sequestration on Wisconsin Conservation Reserve Program land

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-67

  Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   Roth, Johna A ^a   Nabielski, Ryah T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural land management; Carbon sequestration; CRP; Soil organic matter; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM;

EID: 0037283802     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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