Using soil 13C to detect the historic presence of Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) grasslands on Martha's Vineyard

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-122

  Peterson, G Gregory ^a   Neill, Christopher ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; C4 and C3 vegetation; Grassland restoration; Landscape history; Schizachyrium scoparium; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GRASSLAND; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON;

UNITED STATES;

SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 0037368757     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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