The impact of agroforestry combined with water harvesting on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in central Chile evaluated using the ICBM/N model

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 123-136

  Salazar, Osvaldo ^a   Casanova, Manuel ^a   Kätterer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equifinality; Rainfed agriculture; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty estimation; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON BALANCE; FIELDWORK; HUMIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODEL TEST; ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHILE;

EID: 79151470226     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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