Soil C storage as affected by tillage and straw management: An assessment using field measurements and model predictions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 218-225

  van Groenigen, Kees Jan ^a,b   Hastings, Astley ^c   Forristal, Dermot ^d   Roth, Brendan ^a   Jones, Mike ^a   Smith, Pete ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Soil C modelling; Soil C storage; Straw management; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRAW; TILLAGE;

IRELAND;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79151481203     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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