Organic carbon stocks in grassland soils and their spatial distribution in Japan

Grassland Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-93

  Matsuura, Shoji ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Kohyama, Kazunori ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grassland; Japan; Mapping; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND SOIL; MAPPING METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84861984003     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2012.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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