Soil carbon sequestration or biofuel production: New land-use opportunities for mitigating climate over abandoned soviet farmlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8678-8683

  Vuichard, Nicolas ^a,b   Ciais, Philippe ^b   Wolf, Adam ^c  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; SOILS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; C SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED PROCESS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD SECURITY; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TILLAGE; USSR;

USSR;

EID: 72249108169     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901652t     Document Type: Article

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