Impacts of landscape attributes on carbon sequestration during the transition from conventional to conservation management practices on a Coastal Plain field

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 438-446

  Terra, J A ^a   Reeves, D W ^b   Shaw, J N ^c   Raper, R L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Conservation systems; Dairy manure; Landscape variability; Soil management; Soil organic C; Terrain attributes

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL PLAIN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845349561     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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