Digging deeper: A holistic perspective of factors affecting soil organic carbon sequestration in agroecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 3285-3301

  Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; mean residence time; soil health; sustainable intensification; the global carbon cycle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL;

EID: 85048167346     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14054     Document Type: Review

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