Modelling soil organic carbon stock change for estimating whole-farm greenhouse gas emissions

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Bolinder, M A ^a   Vandenbygaart, A J ^b   Gregorich, E G ^b   Angers, D A ^a   Janzen, H H ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

C inputs; CENTURY; Introductory Carbon Balance Model (ICBM); Modified Woodruff Model (MWM); Soil disturbance; Soil organic carbon; Virtual farm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751161486     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S05-102     Document Type: Review

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