Spatial Variability of Organic Matter Dynamics in the Semi-Arid Croplands of Northern Kazakhstan

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-269

  Yanai, Junta ^a   Kosaki, Takashi ^a   Mishima, Azusa ^a   Funakawa, Shinya ^a   Akshalov, Kanat ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Baraev Kazakh Research Institute for Grain Farming Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chernozem; Kazakhstan; Organic matter dynamics; Site specific management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444390896     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2005.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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