Testing the Rothamsted Carbon Model against data from long-term experiments on upland soils in Thailand

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-188

  Shirato, Y ^a   Paisancharoen, K ^b   Sangtong, P ^b   Nakviro, C ^b   Yokozawa, M ^a   Matsumoto, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Department of Agriculture   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SOIL CARBON;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15444366340     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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