Impact of agricultural land-use change on carbon storage in boreal Alaska

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 452-472

  Grünzweig, José M ^a   Sparrow, Stephen D ^a   Yakir, Dan ^b   Chapin III, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

13C analysis; Chronosequence; Cultivation; Deforestation; Nitrogen mineralization; Soil organic matter quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544366166     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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