Effects of long-term cultivation practices and nitrogen fertilization rates on carbon stock in a calcareous soil on the chinese loess plateau

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-139

  Cai, Miao ^a,b   Chen, Zhujun ^a   Zhou, Jianbin ^a   Han, Jichang ^b   Shi, Qianyun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI PROVINCIAL LAND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Calcareous soil; Cultivation practices; Loess Plateau; N application rate; Soil C stock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85046645926     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: 21947783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-017-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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