Soil carbon inventories and δ13C along a moisture gradient in Botswana

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-349

  Bird, M I ^a   Veenendaal, E M ^b   Lloyd, J J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre   (Botswana)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C 13; Carbon cycle; Carbon isotopes; Organic carbon; Savannahs; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MOISTURE; ORGANIC CARBON; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 1842633224     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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