A comparison of soil organic carbon stock in ancient and modern land use systems in Denmark

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Breuning Madsen, H ^a   Elberling, B ^a   Balstroem, T ^a   Holst, M ^b   Freudenberg, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BRONZE AGE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND USE; MANURE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURVEY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 58549100294     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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