Carbon exchange and species composition of grazed pastures and exclosures in the shortgrass steppe of Colorado

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 421-435

  LeCain, Daniel R ^a   Morgan, Jack A ^a   Schuman, Gerald E ^b   Reeder, Jean D ^a   Hart, Richard H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon exchange; Grazing; Photosynthesis; Shortgrass steppe; Soil respiration; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; GRAZING; PASTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; STEPPE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0036889150     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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