Effect of household land management on cropland topsoil organic carbon storage at plot scale in a red earth soil area of South China

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-566

  Feng, S ^a   Tan, S ^a   Zhang, A ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Pan, G ^a   Qu, F ^a   Smith, P ^b   Li, L ^a   Zhang, X ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84928879918     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859611000323     Document Type: Article

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