Vegetation-mediated changes in microclimate reduce soil respiration as woodlands expand into grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3348-3361

  Smith, Dixie L ^a,b   Johnson, Loretta ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Soil carbon cycling; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GROWING SEASON; PRAIRIE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WOODLAND;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 11844251363     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0576     Document Type: Article

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