The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to climate and vegetation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 423-436

  Jobbágy, Esteban G ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground processes and global change; Carbon contort extrapolations; Deep soil; Depth profiles; Ecosystem allocation; Plant functional types; Root distributions; Soil carbon storage; Soil gradients; Soil climate vegetation relationships

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0043272180     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0423:TVDOSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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