Impacts of Fine Root Turnover on Forest NPP and Soil C Sequestration Potential

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5649, 2003, Pages 1385-1387

  Matamala, Roser ^a   Gonzàlez Meler, Miquel A ^b   Jastrow, Julie D ^a   Norby, Richard J ^c   Schlesinger, William H ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; ROOT PRODUCTION;

SOIL TESTING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; TRACER;

FOREST; FOREST SOIL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); TURNOVER;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EXPERIMENT; FOREST; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TREE; WOOD;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; LIQUIDAMBAR; NORTH CAROLINA; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 0344012618     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089543     Document Type: Article

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