Which agricultural management interventions are most influential on soil organic carbon (using time series data)?

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haddaway, Neal Robert ^a   Hedlund, Katarina ^b   Jackson, Louise E ^c   Kätterer, Thomas ^d   Lugato, Emanuele ^e   Thomsen, Ingrid K ^f   Jørgensen, Helene Bracht ^b   Isberg, Per Erik ^b  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amendment; Carbon sequestration; Conservation; Crop rotation; Farming; Fertilization; Long term field experiments; Tillage; Time series data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961295793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0053-z     Document Type: Review

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