Carbon contents and respiration rates of aggregate size fractions under no-till and conventional tillage

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-109

  Fernández, Romina ^a,b   Quiroga, Alberto ^a,b   Zorati, Carlos ^a   Noellemeyer, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C contents; Cash crop pasture rotation; Dry aggregate size fractions; Incubation; N contents

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ARGENTINA; BULK DENSITY; C CONTENTS; C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON CONTENT; CASH CROPS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; LARGE AGGREGATES; MACROAGGREGATES; N CONTENT; NO-TILL; PASTURE SOILS; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION RATE; SIZE FRACTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TILLAGE TREATMENT; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; ROTATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE SIZE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; MINERALIZATION; PASTURE; SAMPLING; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77955086795     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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