Assessing the Soil Carbon, Biomass Production, and Nitrous Oxide Emission Impact of Corn Stover Management for Bioenergy Feedstock Production Using DAYCENT

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 491-502

  Campbell, Eleanor E ^a   Johnson, Jane M F ^b   Jin, Virginia L ^c   Lehman, R Michael ^b   Osborne, Shannon L ^b   Varvel, Gary E ^c   Paustian, Keith ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Corn stover; DAYCENT; Soil carbon change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FEEDSTOCKS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BIO-ENERGY; CORN STOVER; DAYCENT; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP; SOIL CARBON;

SOILS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84899955379     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9414-z     Document Type: Article

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