Influence of reclamation management practices on microbial biomass carbon and soil organic carbon accumulation in semiarid mined lands of Wyoming

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-397

  Anderson, Jonathan D ^a   Ingram, Lachlan J ^a   Stahl, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Grazing; Mulching; Seed mixtures; Surface mining; Topsoil handling

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649087469     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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