Comparison of soil respiration in typical conventional and new alternative cereal cropping systems on the North China plain.

We monitored soil respiration (Rs), soil temperature (T) and volumetric water content (VWC%) over four years in one typical conventional and four alternative cropping systems to understand Rs in different cropping systems with their respective management practices and environmental conditions. The c...

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Main Authors: Bing Gao, Xiaotang Ju, Fang Su, Fengbin Gao, Qingsen Cao, Oene Oenema, Peter Christie, Xinping Chen, Fusuo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835850?pdf=render