Estimation of past and recent carbon input by crops into agricultural soils of southeast Germany

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-23

  Wiesmeier, Martin ^a   Hübner, Rico ^a   Dechow, Rene ^b   Maier, Harald ^c   Spörlein, Peter ^d   Geuß, Uwe ^d   Hangen, Edzard ^d   Reischl, Arthur ^d   Schilling, Bernd ^d   von Lützow, Margit ^a   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Thuenen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop yield; Harvest index; Rhizodeposition; Root to shoot ratio; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; LEGUME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84906738255     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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