Land use effects on sample size requirements for soil organic carbon stock estimations

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-114

  Chaudhuri, Sriroop ^a   Pena Yewtukhiw, Eugenia M ^a   McDonald, Louis M ^a   Skousen, Jeffrey ^a   Sperow, Mark ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mine soils; Sample size; Soil organic carbon stock

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79951771047     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31820a0fe2     Document Type: Article

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