Quantification of functional soil organic carbon pools for major soil units and land uses in southeast Germany (Bavaria)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-220

  Wiesmeier, Martin ^a   Schad, Peter ^a   von Lützow, Margit ^a   Poeplau, Christopher ^b   Spörlein, Peter ^c   Geuß, Uwe ^c   Hangen, Edzard ^c   Reischl, Arthur ^c   Schilling, Bernd ^c   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Thuenen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Soil fractions; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; SILT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; TURNOVER; WILDFIRE;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84892994438     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.028     Document Type: Article

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