Soil carbon distribution and quality in a montane rangeland-forest mosaic in northern Utah

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 284-299

  Van Miegroet, Helga ^a   Boettinger, Janis L ^a   Baker, Michelle A ^a   Nielsen, Julia ^a   Evans, Dave ^a   Stum, Alex ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Decomposition; Forest soils; Leaching; Sagebrush; Soil genesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

C SEQUESTRATION; FOREST SOILS; SAGEBRUSH; SOIL GENESIS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; CHELATION; CLIMATES; FORESTS; LEACHING; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

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

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 27144528697     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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