Daycent model simulations for estimating soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural production systems

Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 241-250

  Del Grosso, Stephen J ^a   Parton, William J ^b   Adler, Paul R ^a   Davis, Sarah C ^c   Keough, Cindy ^b   Marx, Ernest ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84882805963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386897-8.00014-0     Document Type: Chapter

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