Application of RothC model to predict soil organic carbon stock on agricultural soils of Slovakia

Soil and Water Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Barancikova, Gabriela ^a,c   Halás, Ján ^a   Gutteková, Monika ^a   Makovníková, Jarmila ^a   Nováková, Martina ^a   Skalský, Rastislav ^b   Tarasovičová, Zuzana ^b  

^a Department of Remote Sensing and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Soil Science and Survey Soil Science   (Slovakia)

^c Výskumný Ústav Pôdoznalectva a Ochrany Pôdy Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; RothC; Slovakia; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949530254     PISSN: 18015395     EISSN: 18059384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/23/2009-swr     Document Type: Article

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