An evaluation of the century model to predict soil organic carbon: Examples from Costa Rica and Canada

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-50

  Oelbermann, Maren ^a   Voroney, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gases; Prunings; Soil organic carbon stocks; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; BIOME; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LITTERFALL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRUNING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 79954605230     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9351-6     Document Type: Article

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