Estimated soil organic carbon change due to agricultural land management modifications in a semiarid cereal-growing region in Central Spain

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-392

  Boellstorff, D L ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Crop rotation; Mediterranean; Semiarid; SOCRATES; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 59049087203     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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