Potential of temperate agricultural soils for carbon sequestration: A meta-analysis of land-use effects

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 428-435

  Kämpf, Immo ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^b   Störrle, Maria ^c   Broll, Gabriele ^c   Kiehl, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural abandonment; Carbon sequestration; Ex arable; Grassland restoration; No till farming; SOC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

AGRICULTURAL ABANDONMENTS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EX-ARABLE; GRASSLAND RESTORATIONS; NO-TILL;

AGRICULTURE;

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE;

EID: 84969567590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.067     Document Type: Article

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