Modeling soil carbon sequestration in agricultural lands of Mali

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-74

  Doraiswamy, P C ^a   McCarty, G W ^a   Hunt Jr , E R ^a   Yost, R S ^b   Doumbia, M ^c   Franzluebbers, A J ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yields; EPIC Century model; Land use classification; Ridge tillage; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROP YIELD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGERY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; MODELING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847183548     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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