Tillage and cropping effects on soil organic carbon in Mediterranean semiarid agroecosystems: Testing the Century model

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Alvaro Fuentes J ^a   Lopez M V ^b   Arrue J L ^b   Moret, D ^b   Paustian, K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dryland agroecosystems; Semiarid Spain; Simulation modeling; Soil organic carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRYLAND FARMING; GROWING SEASON; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SIMULATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TILLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HORDEUM;

EID: 70349145762     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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