Determinants of soil CO2 flux from a sub-humid grassland: Effect of fire and fire history

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 760-770

  Knapp, Alan K ^a   Conard, Shawn L ^a   Blair, John M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Land management; Soil CO2 flux; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 0031828540     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0760:doscff]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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