Carbon dioxide emissions from semi-arid soils amended with biochar alone or combined with mineral and organic fertilizers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 482-483, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Fernández, José M ^a   Nieto, M Aurora ^a,b   López de Sá, Esther G ^a   Gascó, Gabriel ^b   Méndez, Ana ^b   Plaza, César ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbonates; Inorganic C; Mineral fertilizer; Organic amendment; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; GLOBAL WARMING; MINERALS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIO CHARS; INORGANIC C; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

SOILS;

BIOCHAR; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHARCOAL; MINERAL; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CHARCOAL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

BIOCHAR; CARBONATES; INORGANIC C; MINERAL FERTILIZER; ORGANIC AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERTILIZERS; MINERALS; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84896130041     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.103     Document Type: Article

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