Long-term cropping systems and tillage management effects on soil organic carbon stock and steady state level of C sequestration rates in a semiarid environment

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-91

  Barbera, V ^a   Poma, I ^a   Gristina, L ^a   Novara, A ^a   Egli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Particle size fraction; Sicily; Soil aggregates; Soil organic matter pools

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTION; SICILY; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER POOLS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ORGANIC MINERALS; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP ROTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; VERTISOL;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SICILY;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84856043899     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1055     Document Type: Article

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