Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-121

  McCulley, Rebecca L ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Nelson, Jim A ^b   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^c   Kelly, Eugene F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Great Plains; Litter decomposition; Net primary production; Precipitation; Regional trends; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LITTER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL PATTERN; SOIL RESPIRATION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044338740     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0117-8     Document Type: Article

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