Soil organic carbon sequestration potential in cropland

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Zhang, Guo Sheng ^a   Huang, Gao Bao ^a   Yin, Chan ^b  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cropland; Organic carbon; Sequestration potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844310252     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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