Changes in soil organic carbon in croplands subjected to fertilizer management: A global meta-analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Han, Pengfei ^a,b   Zhang, Wen ^a   Wang, Guocheng ^a   Sun, Wenjuan ^c   Huang, Yao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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EID: 84973340617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27199     Document Type: Article

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