Application of CarboSOIL model to predict the effects of climate change on soil organic carbon stocks in agro-silvo-pastoral Mediterranean management systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 202, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-16

  Muñoz Rojas, Miriam ^a,b,c   Doro, Luca ^d   Ledda, Luigi ^d   Francaviglia, Rosa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CarboSOIL; Climate change; Emission scenarios; Land use; Mediterranean systems; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84920911044     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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