Land cover change in eastern kansas: Litter dynamics of closed-canopy eastern redcedar forests in tallgrass prairie

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 214-222

  Norris, M D ^a   Blair, J M ^a   Johnson, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii); Decomposition; Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana); Litter dynamics; Nitrogen immobilization; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERFALL; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

MARGINAL HABITAT EFFECTS; RECIPROCAL TRANSPLANT DECOMPOSITION STUDY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DECOMPOSITION; LAND COVER; LITTER; LITTERFALL; PRAIRIE;

CANADA;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0035059539     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-79-2-214     Document Type: Article

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