Soil nutrient distributions of mesquite-dominated desert grasslands: Changes in time and space

Geoderma

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 301-315

  Wilson, Thomas B ^a   Thompson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fire frequency; Litterfall; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Season

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DRYING; FIRE HAZARDS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FIRE HISTORIES; LITTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOILS;

GRASSLAND; LITTERFALL; SOIL NUTRIENT;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 18044394642     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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