Soil organic carbon contents in long-term experimental grassland plots in the UK (Palace Leas and Park Grass) have not changed consistently in recent decades

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1739-1754

  Hopkins, David W ^a,b   Waite, I S ^c,f   Mcnicol, J W ^d   Poulton, P R ^e   Macdonald, A J ^e   O'donnell, A G ^c,f  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Grassland; Long term experiments; Soil organic carbon loss

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66749106210     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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