Effect of crop residue incorporation on soil organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in European agricultural soils

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 524-538

  Lehtinen, T ^a,b,c   Schlatter, N ^a   Baumgarten, A ^a   Bechini, L ^d   Kruger J ^e   Grignani, C ^f   Zavattaro, L ^f   Costamagna, C ^f   Spiegel, H ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Crop residue management; Nitrous oxide; Response ratio; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919476819     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12151     Document Type: Article

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