Grassland management activity data: Current sources and future needs

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 467-473

  Conant, Richard T ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a  

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

Author keywords

Grasslands; Management activity data; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CARBON; FORESTRY; SOILS;

GRASSLAND ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042778329     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9104-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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