Effect of sugarcane harvesting systems on soil carbon stocks in Brazil: An examination of existing data

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Cerri, C C ^a   Galdos, M V ^a   Maia, S M F ^a   Bernoux, M ^b   Feigl, B J ^a   Powlson, D ^c   Cerri, C E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SUGAR CANE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 78751556225     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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