Carbon sequestration in soil beneath long-term Miscanthus plantations as determined by 13C abundance

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Hansen, E M ^a   Christensen, B T ^a   Jensen, L S ^b   Kristensen, K ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

13C abundance; C4 plant; Miscanthus; POM; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

PLANTATIONS;

BIOMASS;

C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROP; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 0242489569     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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