Sensitivity to information upscaling of agro-ecological assessments: Application to soil organic carbon management

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 480-490

  Bechini, Luca ^a   Castoldi, Nicola ^a   Stein, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural databases; Agro ecological indicators; Carbon sequestration; Cropping systems; Farming systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATABASE; FARMING SYSTEM; PEDOGENESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UPSCALING;

ITALY;

EID: 79957543689     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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