The potential of U.S. grazing lands to sequester soil carbon

The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 401-430

  Follett, R F ^a   Kimble, J M ^b   Lal, R ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS NSSC   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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