Soil aggregates and associated organic matter under conventional tillage, no-tillage, and forest succession after three decades

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Devine, Scott ^a   Markewitz, Daniel ^a   Hendrix, Paul ^a   Coleman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CLAY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; LAND USE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NO TILLAGE; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL;

EID: 84922245103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084988     Document Type: Article

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