Forest soil carbon inventories and dynamics along an elevation gradient in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-145

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Climate; Light fraction organic matter; Particulate organic matter; Soil C turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345491439     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006121511680     Document Type: Article

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