Changes in soil carbon stocks under perennial and annual bioenergy crops

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 290-306

  Ferchaud, Fabien ^a   Vitte, Guillaume ^a   Mary, Bruno ^a  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Miscanthus; 13C abundance; Bioenergy crops; Carbon sequestration; Isotope; SOC; Soil organic carbon; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

BIOENERGY CROPS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MISCANTHUS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SWITCHGRASS; ^13C ABUNDANCE;

CROPS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY CROP; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84959336542     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12249     Document Type: Article

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