Beneficial effects of reduced tillage and green manure on soil aggregation and stabilization of organic carbon in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-75

  Garcia Franco, N ^a   Albaladejo, J ^a   Almagro, M ^a,b   Martinez Mena M ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Rain fed almond orchard; Semiarid agroecosystems; Soil aggregation; Soil organic carbon fractionation; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; LAND USE; LIGHT MODULATORS; MANURES; MINERALS; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; GREEN MANURING; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORCHARD; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

AVENA SATIVA; PRUNUS DULCIS; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 84930648645     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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