Impact of no-till and reduced tillage on aggregation and aggregate-associated carbon in Northern European agroecosystems

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-113

  Sheehy, Jatta ^a,b   Regina, Kristiina ^a   Alakukku, Laura ^c   Six, Johan ^b,d  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Microaggregates; No till; Reduced tillage; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

C SEQUESTRATION; MICROAGGREGATES; NO-TILL; REDUCED TILLAGE; SOIL AGGREGATION;

STABILIZATION;

AGGREGATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SIEVING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84922450969     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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