Desert grassland dynamics estimated from carbon isotopes in grass phytoliths and soil organic matter

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  McClaran, Mitchel P ^a   Umlauf, Marcelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3; C4; Photosynthetic pathway; 13C

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0034144026     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236777     Document Type: Article

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