Soil carbon dynamics beneath switchgrass as indicated by stable isotope analysis

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 645-653

  Garten Jr , C T ^a   Wullschleger, S D ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

MINERAL ASSOCIATED ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SWITCHGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON; CARBON 13;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; GRASS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT GROWTH; SAMPLING; SOIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0343963223     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2000.00472425002900020036x     Document Type: Article

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