Soil CO2 fluxes following tillage and rainfall events in a semiarid Mediterranean agroecosystem: Effects of tillage systems and nitrogen fertilization

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 167-173

  Morell, F J ^a   Alvaro Fuentes J ^b   Lampurlanes J ^a   Cantero Martinez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term experiment; Precipitation; Semiarid; Soil CO2 emission; Soil CO2 flux

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BARLEY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FALLOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; ZERO TILLAGE;

HORDEUM;

EID: 77957345963     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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