Root and soil carbon distribution at shoulderslope and footslope positions of temperate toposequences cropped to winter wheat

Catena

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-105

  Chirinda, Ngonidzashe ^a   Roncossek, Svenja Doreen ^b   Heckrath, Goswin ^b   Elsgaard, Lars ^b   Thomsen, Ingrid Kaag ^b   Olesen, Jørgen Eivind ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Root biomass; Slope; Soil bulk density; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; DRY MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT RESIDUE; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPOSEQUENCE; WHEAT; ARABLE LAND; CROP YIELD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DENMARK;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84907209159     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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