Carbon pools and fluxes along an environmental gradient in northern Arizona

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-61

  Conant, Richard T ^a   Klopatek, Jeffrey M ^a   Malin, Robert C ^a   Klopatek, Carole C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pinyon juniper; Ponderosa pine; Soil carbon; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031683031     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006004110637     Document Type: Article

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