Rapid accumulation and turnover of soil carbon in a re-establishing forest

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6739, 1999, Pages 56-58

  Richter, Daniel D ^a   Markewitz, Daniel ^b   Trumbore, Susan E ^c   Wells, Carol G ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; ORGANIC MATTER;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST SOIL; SOIL CARBON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOREST; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0033168433     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21867     Document Type: Article

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