Implications of input estimation, residue quality and carbon saturation on the predictive power of the Rothamsted Carbon Model

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-175

  Heitkamp, Felix ^a,b   Wendland, Matthias ^c   Offenberger, Konrad ^c   Gerold, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut fur Agrarokologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farmyard manure; Fertilisation; Rothamsted Carbon Model; Slurry; Soil organic carbon turnover; Straw incorporation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS RATIO; CARBON SATURATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPLAND MANAGEMENT; DECOMPOSABILITY; FARMYARD MANURE; FERTILISATION; GERMANY; INDEPENDENT MODEL; INPUT ESTIMATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MINERALISATION; MODEL PREDICTION; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PREDICTIVE POWER; REGRESSION EQUATION; RESIDUE QUALITY; ROTHAMSTED CARBON MODEL; SATURATION CAPACITIES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON TURNOVER; STARTING VALUES;

CARBON; CROPS; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MANURES; SLURRIES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BARLEY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MANURE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDUAL SOIL; SLURRY; SOIL CARBON; STABILIZATION; STRAW; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84155191106     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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