Current trends of soil organic carbon in English arable soils

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-195

  King, J A ^a   Bradley, R I ^b   Harrison, R ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Farm systems; Land management; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 23844457905     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2005307     Document Type: Article

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