Soil structure and management: A review

Geoderma

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-22

  Bronick, C J ^a   Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate dynamics; AMF; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; C mic; CI; CL; Carbon sequestration; cation exchange capacity; CEC; Cl; clay; inert carbon; labile fraction; Land use management; Soil aggregation; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLAY; FLOCCULATION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC);

SOILS;

AGGREGATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI;

EID: 9344256654     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.03.005     Document Type: Review

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