Root length density and carbon content of agroforestry and grass buffers under grazed pasture systems in a Hapludalf

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-96

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^b   Anderson, Stephen H ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry buffer; Grass buffer; Root carbon; Root length density; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GRASS; GRAZING; PASTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SOIL CARBON; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; KUMMEROWIA STIPULACEA; LESPEDEZA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 77955554035     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9312-0     Document Type: Article

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