Soil organic carbon storage in a no-tillage chronosequence under Mediterranean conditions

The duration of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in agricultural soils varies according to soil management, land-use history and soil and climate conditions. Despite several experiments have reported SOC sequestration with the adoption of no-tillage (NT) in Mediterranean dryland agroecosystem...

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Autores: Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge, Plaza Bonilla, Daniel, Arrúe, José Luis, Lampurlanés Castel, Jorge, Cantero-Martínez, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/58878
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1167-x
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58878
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:No-tillage
Mediterranean agroecosystems
Soil organic carbon sequestration duration
Soil carbon modelling
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Sumario:The duration of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in agricultural soils varies according to soil management, land-use history and soil and climate conditions. Despite several experiments have reported SOC sequestration with the adoption of no-tillage (NT) in Mediterranean dryland agroecosystems scarce information exists about the duration and magnitude of the sequestration process. For this reason, 20 years ago we established in northeast Spain a NT chronosequence experiment to evaluate SOC sequestration duration under Mediterranean dryland conditions.