Chinese Grain for Green Program led to highly increased soil organic carbon levels: A meta-analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Song, Xinzhang ^a   Peng, Changhui ^b,c   Zhou, Guomo ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Wang, Weifeng ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOIL;

CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL;

CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; EDIBLE GRAIN; GEOGRAPHY; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SOIL;

EID: 84897440548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04460     Document Type: Article

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