Carbon isotope ratios in belowground carbon cycle processes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 412-422

  Ehleringer, James R ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Below ground processes and global change; C3 and C4 ecosystems; Carbon cycle; Carbon isotope ratio; Ecosystem processes; Global change; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0033862154     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0412:CIRIBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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