Does North Appalachian agriculture contribute to soil carbon sequestration?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 373-376

  López Bellido, Rafael J ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b   Owens, Lloyd B ^c   López Bellido, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term field experiment; Rotation; Soil carbon sequestration; Tillage; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MONOCULTURE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TILLAGE; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951025710     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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