Carbon dynamics subsequent to establishment of switchgrass

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-104

  Ma, Z ^a   Wood, C W ^a   Bransby, D I ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Carbon mineralization; Harvest frequency; Herbaceous energy crops; Microbial biomass; Row spacing; Soil respiration; Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINERALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

BIOFUELS; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; HARVEST FREQUENCY; HERBACEOUS ENERGY CROPS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; ROW SPACING; SOIL RESPIRATION; SWITCHGRASS;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ENERGY CROP;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0034052645     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(99)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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