Carbon and nitrogen sequestration in two prairie topochronosequences on contrasting soils in southern Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-103

  Brye, K R ^a   Kucharik, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; NITROGEN; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0037230830     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0090:CANSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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