Carbon stocks in Scottish peatlands

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Chapman, S J ^a   Bell, J ^a   Donnelly, D ^a   Lilly, A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Peat depth; Peatland; Scotland; Soil carbon inventory

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66149156977     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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