Climate controls on forest soil C isotope ratios in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1108-1119

  Garten Jr , C T ^a   Cooper, L W ^a   Post III, W M ^a   Hanson, P J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Discrimination factors; Effects on 13C; Elevation gradient; Forest soil; Isotopic fractionation; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Soil organic matter (SOM); Southern; Stable isotopes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343374869     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1108:CCOFSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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