The potential to mitigate global warming with no-tillage management is only realized when practised in the long term

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-160

  Six, Johan ^a,b   Ogle, Stephen M ^b   Breidt, F Jay ^b   Conant, Rich T ^b   Mosiers, Arvin R ^c   Paustian, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Green house gas mitigation; Nitrous oxide; No tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 1642529675     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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