In situ persistence and migration of biochar carbon and its impact on native carbon emission in contrasting soils under managed temperate pastures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Singh, Bhupinder Pal ^a   Fang, Yunying ^a   Boersma, Mark ^b   Collins, Damian ^a   Van Zwieten, Lukas ^c   Macdonald, Lynne M ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR CARBON; CARBON; PYROGENIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; SOIL;

ARENOSOL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMBISOL; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MIGRATION; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON PERSISTENCE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EARTHWORM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; FERRALSOL; FIELD BASED STUDY; PASTURE; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TYPES OF STUDY; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CHARCOAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84949845396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141560     Document Type: Article

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