Are soils of Iowa USA currently a carbon sink or source? Simulated changes in SOC stock from 1972 to 2007

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 106-112

  Liu, Shuguang ^a   Tan, Zhengxi ^a   Li, Zhengpeng ^a   Zhao, Shuqing ^b   Yuan, Wenping ^c  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Land use change; Soil organic carbon; Tile drainage; Western Corn Belt

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON BUDGET; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; DRAINAGE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CORN BELT; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79151475440     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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