Soil structure and organic carbon: A review

Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 169-197

  Kay, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE OF SOILS;

SOILS;

EID: 85052486606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739273     Document Type: Chapter

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