Managing soil organic carbon in agriculture: The net effect on greenhouse gas emissions

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 613-621

  Marland, Gregg ^a   West, Tristram O ^a   Schlamadinger, Bernhard ^b   Canella, Lorenza ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0037565172     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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