Conventional tillage versus organic farming in relation to soil organic carbon stock in olive groves in Mediterranean rangelands (southern Spain)

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 299-311

  Parras Alcantara L ^a   Lozano Garcia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; MANAGEMENT; SOILS;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS; STRATIFICATION RATIOS; WATER INFILTRATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FARMING; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; STRATIFICATION; TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84900803039     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-299-2014     Document Type: Article

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