How long before a change in soil organic carbon can be detected?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1878-1883

  Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon mitigation; Carbon sequestration; FACE experiment; Kyoto protocol; Long term experiment; Minimum detectable difference; Soil organic carbon; Verification

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 10244252747     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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