Soils as carbon sinks: The global context

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 212-218

  Smith, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Climate mitigation; Global change; Soils

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; POLLUTION POLICY; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 3342953141     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2004233     Document Type: Review

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