Pursuing robust agroecosystem functioning through effective soil organic carbon management

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-56

  Franzluebbers, Alan J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; ECOREGIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GHG EMISSION; KEY INDICATOR; KEY VARIABLES; PORE NETWORKS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SOIL AERATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 84872933331     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.12.78     Document Type: Article

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