Long-term climate change mitigation potential with organic matter management on grasslands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 531-545

  Ryals, Rebecca ^a,c   Hartman, Melannie D ^b   Parton, William J ^b   Delonge, Marcia S ^a   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Compost; Daycent model; Grasslands; Greenhouse gas fluxes; Management; Nitrous oxide; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOST; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AMENDMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964228089     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2126.1     Document Type: Article

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