The impact of soil carbon management on soil macropore structure: A comparison of two apple orchard systems in New Zealand

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 945-955

  Deurer, M ^a   Grinev, D ^b   Young, I ^c   Clothier, B E ^a   Muller K ^d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MACROPORE; ORCHARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; TOPSOIL;

NEW ZEALAND;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 73149114157     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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