Soil properties and carbon sequestration of afforested pastures in reclaimed minesoils of Ohio

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1797-1806

  Ussiri, D A N ^a   Lal, R ^a   Jacinthe, P A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; PH EFFECTS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER (MWD); RECLAIMED MINESOILS (RMS); SOIL PROPERTIES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; PH EFFECTS; SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; PASTURE; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTELAND;

CARBON; FORESTRY; RESISTIVITY; SOIL; SURVEYS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CASUARINA; PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 33748549972     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0352     Document Type: Article

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