Effects of straw carbon input on carbon dynamics in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1366-1381

  Liu, Chang ^a   Lu, Meng ^a   Cui, Jun ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Fang, Changming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; GHGs emission; Meta analysis; Soil organic carbon; Straw return

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CROP YIELD; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PADDY FIELD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRAW;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; GAS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; POACEAE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84898406906     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12517     Document Type: Article

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