Changes in mineral soil organic carbon stocks in the croplands of European Russia and the Ukraine, 1990-2070; Comparison of three models and implications for climate mitigation

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-119

  Smith, P ^a   Smith, J U ^a   Franko, U ^b   Kuka, K ^b   Romanenkov, V A ^c   Shevtsova, L K ^c   Wattenbach, M ^a   Gottschalk, P ^a   Sirotenko, O D ^d   Rukhovich, D I ^e   Koroleva, P V ^e   Romanenko, I A ^f   Lisovoi, N V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Pryanishnikov All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Agrochemistry   (Russian Federation)

^d HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION   (Russian Federation)

^e DOKUCHAEV SOIL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Federal Research Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas All Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics   (Russian Federation)

^g National Scientific Center Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research Named after ON Sokolovsky   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

CANDY; Climate change; Impact; Model; Model of humus balance; RothC; Soil carbon; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250872776     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-007-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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