Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment · 2012
The potential to increase soil carbon stocks through reduced tillage or organic material additions in England and Wales: A case study
Powlson, D., Bhogal, A., Chambers, B., Coleman, K., Macdonald, A., Goulding, K., Whitmore, A.
Abstract
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Findings
What changed what, as the paper reports it. Grouped by the measured property.
mean annual increase in SOC stock
↑ 4= 15
- increase
zero tillage vs. conventional tillagenot significant · 0–30 cm · UK experiments; assessment for England and Wales · 0-30 cm; fixed-depth stock assuming bulk density1.3g/cm3. UK pooled arithmetic mean, excluding Jealotts Hill; repeated samplings at Headly Hall and Penicuik are not independent sites. Small positive trend, CI spans zero.
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