Effects of permaculture practices on soil physicochemical properties and organic matter distribution in aggregates: A case study of the bec-hellouin farm (France)

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2018, Pages

  de Tombeur, Felix ^a   Sohy, Valentin ^a   Chenu, Claire ^b   Colinet, Gilles ^a   Cornelis, Jean Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregate size fractions; Agricultural transition; Agroecology; Organic carbon stocks; Soil carbon saturation; Soil carbon stabilization; Soil fertility management; Soil organic matter management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055858489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00116     Document Type: Article

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