Global soil carbon: Understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

Carbon Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^a,b   Tanner, Edmund V J ^c   Hiederer, Roland ^d   Kapos, Valerie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON POOL; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MANAGEMENT REGIME; POLICY DECISIONS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON STOCK;

CARBON;

SOILS;

EID: 84893187395     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.77     Document Type: Review

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