Carbon in European Soils

Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems: From Science to Land Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-84

  Baritz, Rainer ^a   Zirlewagen, Dietmar ^b   Jones, Robert ^c   Arrouays, Dominique ^d   Hiederer, Roland ^e   Schrumpf, Marion ^f   Riek, Winfried ^g  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Interra Environmental Survey and Research   (Germany)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baseline carbon maps; Carbon in European soils; Change detectability and soil inventories; EC ICP Forests Level I soil condition inventory and FOREGS; FOREGS geochemical survey; IPCC Guidelines; Peat inventory; Pedotransfer in soil bulk estimation; Soil carbon data in European countries; Soil organic carbon (SOC) change, and direction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888673643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119970255.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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