Soil organic carbon dynamics 75 years after land-use change in perennial grassland and annual wheat agricultural systems

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 37-49

  Beniston, Joshua W ^a,e   DuPont, S Tianna ^b   Glover, Jerry D ^c   Lal, Rattan ^a   Dungait, Jennifer A J ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep rooting perennial; Soil carbon turnover; Soil organic carbon; Soil particle size fractionation; Subsoil; Tallgrass prairie grassland

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84904806213     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9980-3     Document Type: Article

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