Increased soil organic carbon stocks under agroforestry: A survey of six different sites in France

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 236, Issue , 2017, Pages 243-255

  Cardinael, Rémi ^a,b,c   Chevallier, Tiphaine ^a   Cambou, Aurélie ^a,d   Béral, Camille ^e   Barthès, Bernard G ^a   Dupraz, Christian ^f   Durand, Céline ^a   Kouakoua, Ernest ^a   Chenu, Claire ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^c Unité Propre de Recherche Agroécologie et Intensification Durable des cultures Annuelles   (France)

^d Research Unit Environmental Physics and Horticulture Research   (France)

^e AGROOF   (France)

^f Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Alley cropping; Belowground biomass; Equivalent soil mass; Soil organic carbon storage

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROFORESTRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORAGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TIMBER;

FRANCE;

EID: 85004147153     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.011     Document Type: Article

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