Soil carbon changes in cultivated and excavated land converted to grasses in east-central Saskatchewan

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Mensah, F ^a   Schoenau, J J ^a   Malhi, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Dense nesting cover (DNC); Grasslands; Light fraction organic carbon; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; SOIL CARBON;

CANADA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0038358251     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023369500529     Document Type: Article

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