The optimal choice of residue management, crop rotations, and cost of carbon sequestration: Empirical results in the Midwest US

Climatic Change

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 279-294

  Choi, Suk Won ^a   Sohngen, Brent ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON LOSS; CARBON POTENTIAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; OPTIMAL CHOICE; RESIDUE LEVEL; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ROTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL TEST; SOIL TYPE; ZERO TILLAGE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149156926     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9680-5     Document Type: Article

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