Impact of tillage intensity on carbon and nitrogen pools in surface and sub-surface soils of three long-term field experiments

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-509

  Kaiser, M ^a   Piegholdt, C ^a   Andruschkewitsch, R ^a   Linsler, D ^a   Koch, H J ^b   Ludwig, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Institute of Sugar Beet Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSOIL; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL; TURNOVER;

GERMANY;

EID: 84903851548     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12146     Document Type: Article

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