Ecosystem carbon loss with woody plant invasion of grasslands

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6898, 2002, Pages 623-626

  Jackson, Robert B ^a   Banner, Jay L ^b   Jobbaágy, Esteban G ^a   Pockman, William T ^a,c   Wall, Diana H ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

BALANCE EMISSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON SINK; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; VEGETATION; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 0037043733     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00910     Document Type: Article

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