Soil carbon sequestration: An innovative strategy for reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1343-1358

  Srivastava, Pankaj ^a   Kumar, Amrit ^a   Behera, Soumit K ^a   Sharma, Yogesh K ^b   Singh, Nandita ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Soil carbon sequestration; Soil management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; EROSION CONTROL; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND RECLAMATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84862777862     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0229-y     Document Type: Article

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