Mechanisms of soil carbon accrual and storage in bioenergy cropping systems

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-174

  Tiemann, Lisa K ^a   Grandy, A Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

miscanthus; Aggregate stability; Microbial activity; Perennial grass; Soil aggregation; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOFUELS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON; CROPS; MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; STABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MISCANTHUS; PERENNIAL GRASS; SOIL AGGREGATION; SWITCHGRASS;

STABILIZATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BIOENERGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; GRASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923080913     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12126     Document Type: Article

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