Gliricidia sepium carbon inputs and soil carbon pools in a costa rican alley cropping system

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Oelbermann, Maren ^a   Voroney, R Paul ^b   Kass, Donald C L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Carbon inputs; Gross soil organic carbon turnover; Mulch; Residue stabilisation efficiency; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344472856     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2004.9684565     Document Type: Article

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