Carbon stocks in Swiss agricultural soils predicted by land-use, soil characteristics, and altitude

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 255-266

  Leifeld, Jens ^a   Bassin, Seraina ^a   Fuhrer, Jürg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon inventory; Land use; Mineral soils; Organic soils; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALTITUDE; CARBON SINK; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 9644272478     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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