Management to mitigate and adapt to climate change

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Lal, R ^a   Delgado, J A ^b   Groffman, P M ^c   Millar, N ^d   Dell, C ^b   Rotz, A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Management; Mitigation; Soil management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP RESIDUE; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD SECURITY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 84859456400     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.4.276     Document Type: Review

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