Effect of grassland cutting frequency on soil carbon storage - A case study on public lawns in three Swedish cities

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-184

  Poeplau, C ^a,b   Marstorp, H ^a   Thored, K ^a   Katterer T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Thuenen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON STORAGE; EUROPEAN UNION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON;

EUROPE;

EID: 84993973008     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-175-2016     Document Type: Article

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