Determining soil carbon stock changes: Simple bulk density corrections fail

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Lee, Juhwan ^a   Hopmans, Jan W ^a   Rolston, Dennis E ^a   Baer, Sara G ^b   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Equivalent soil mass; Land use change; Soil carbon stocks; Soil organic matter; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TILLAGE;

EID: 70349101234     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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