Impact of reduced tillage on carbon and nitrogen storage of two Haplic Luvisols after 40 years

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Jacobs, Anna ^a   Rauber, Rolf ^b   Ludwig, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density fractionation; Microbial biomass; Minimum tillage; Particulate organic matter (POM); Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FIRE HAZARDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

AGGREGATE SIZES; ARABLE SOILS; BULK SOILS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGES; DENSITY FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; MACROAGGREGATES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINIMUM TILLAGE; NITROGEN STORAGES; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); REDUCED TILLAGES; SIZE CLASSES; SURFACE SOILS; TILLAGE SYSTEMS; TILLAGE TREATMENTS; TOTAL NITROGENS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; LUVISOL; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

EID: 57649217854     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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