Potential soil carbon sequestration in overgrazed grassland ecosystems

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 90-1-90-9

  Conant, Richard T ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Grassland pasture rangeland management; Overgrazing; Soil carbon; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; OVERGRAZING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL DEGRADATION;

EID: 20244370686     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001661     Document Type: Article

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