Soil carbon storage and stratification under different tillage systems in a semi-arid region

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-230

  Lopez Fando, C ^a   Pardo, M T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Conservation tillage; Long term experiments; Semi arid soils; Stratification ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON STOCKS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; SEMI ARID; STRATIFICATION RATIO;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BARLEY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; LEGUME; LOAM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; STRATIFICATION; TOPSOIL; ZERO TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 78650187742     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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