Modeling soil carbon storage in the "Espinal" agroecosystem of central Chile

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-158

  Stolpe, Neal ^a   Muñoz, Cristina ^a   Zagal, Erick ^a   Ovalle, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acacia caven; Century model; Mediterranean climate; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY LOAM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA CAVEN; ROCHEFORTIA SPINOSA;

EID: 45849152577     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980801958042     Document Type: Article

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