Long-term effects of biochar on soil physical properties

Geoderma

Volumn 282, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-102

  Burrell, Leigh D ^a   Zehetner, Franz ^a   Rampazzo, Nicola ^a   Wimmer, Bernhard ^b   Soja, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biochar; Bulk density; Plant available water; Pore size distribution; Soil aggregate stability; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; STABILITY;

AVAILABLE WATER; BIO CHARS; BULK DENSITY; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

SOIL TESTING;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; CAMBISOL; CHARCOAL; CHERNOZEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANOSOL; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PORE SPACE; PYROLYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VINEYARD;

EID: 84978879684     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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