Evaluation of carbon stock variation in Northern Italian soils over the last 70 years

Sustainability Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Gardi, Ciro ^a   Sconosciuto, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; Land use; Permanent grasslands

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748902967     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-007-0034-9     Document Type: Article

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