Declining trend of carbon in Finnish cropland soils in 1974-2009

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1456-1469

  Heikkinen, Jaakko ^a   Ketoja, Elise ^a   Nuutinen, Visa ^a   Regina, Kristiina ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arable land; Boreal zone; Generalized linear mixed models; Long term monitoring; Soil organic carbon; Soil sampling

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARABLE LAND; FOREST CLEARANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; SOIL; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84875841932     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12137     Document Type: Article

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