Modelling soil organic carbon changes on arable land under climate change - A case study analysis of the Kočín farm in Slovakia

Soil and Water Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-42

  Balkovič, Jurai ^a,b   Schmid, Erwin ^c   Skalský, Rastislav ^b   Nováková, Martina ^b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arable land; Climate change; Ko n farm; Slovakia; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953208111     PISSN: 18015395     EISSN: 18059384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/29/2010-swr     Document Type: Article

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