Relationships between soil organic carbon and soil quality in cropped and rangeland soils: The importance of distribution, composition, and soil biological activity

Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 405-425

  Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Wander, Michelle M ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; RANGELAND SOILS; SOIL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

EID: 85052469456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739273     Document Type: Chapter

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