On fertilizer-induced soil carbon sequestration in China's croplands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 849-850

  Schlesinger, William H ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon sequestration; China; Fertilizer; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

EID: 78149241364     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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