Soil organic carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 443-454

  Lorenz, Klaus ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Root derived carbon; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERCROPPING; LAND COVER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WOODLAND;

EID: 84899110089     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0212-y     Document Type: Review

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