Simulation of soil organic carbon dynamics under different pasture managements using the RothC carbon model

Geoderma

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-77

  Liu, De Li ^a,c   Chan, K Yin ^b,c   Conyers, Mark K ^a,c   Li, Guangdi ^a,c   Poile, Graeme J ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lime application; Pasture management; Soil carbon modelling; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AS-SOILS; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MODELS; DRY MATTERS; INVERSE MODELLING; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; ONE-FACTOR; PASTURE MANAGEMENT; PASTURE PRODUCTION; PASTURE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; ROOT/SHOOT RATIO; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON MODELLING; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STUBBLE RETENTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

AGRICULTURE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRY MATTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; LIMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 80051697658     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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