How can soil monitoring networks be used to improve predictions of organic carbon pool dynamics and CO2 fluxes in agricultural soils?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 247-259

  van Wesemael, Bas ^a   Paustian, Keith ^b   Andrén, Olof ^c   Cerri, Carlos E P ^d   Dodd, Mike ^e   Etchevers, Jorge ^f   Goidts, Esther ^a   Grace, Peter ^g   Kätterer, Thomas ^c   McConkey, Brian G ^h   Ogle, Stephen ^b   Pan, Genxing ⁱ   Siebner, Clemens ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^f Soil Fertility Laboratory   (Mexico)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^h SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Modeling; Sampling design; Soil monitoring networks; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SAMPLING; SAMPLING BIAS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

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EID: 78650370590     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0567-z     Document Type: Article

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