Grazing and soil carbon along a gradient of Alberta rangelands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 402-410

  Henderson, Darcy C ^a   Ellert, Ben H ^b   Naeth, M Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Carbon sequestration; Clay; Equivalent soil mass; Mixed grass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SOIL CARBON;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244419090     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003866     Document Type: Article

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