Legume, grass, and conservation reserve program effects on soil organic matter recovery

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-357

  Robles, Marcos D ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Conservation Reserve Program; Legumes; Nitrogen mineralization, net; Nutrient availability; Particulate organic matter; Plant lifeform; Semiarid ecosystems; Soil effects; Soil heterogeneity; Soil organic matter; Soil recovery; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; GRASS; LEGUME; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RECOVERY;

USA, WYOMING;

FABACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0030616807     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0345:LGACRP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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