Soil organic carbon composition in a northern mixed-grass prairie: Effects of grazing

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1746-1756

  Ganjegunte, Girisha K ^a   Vance, George F ^a   Preston, Caroline M ^b   Schuman, Gerald E ^c   Ingram, Lachlan J ^a   Stahl, Peter D ^a   Welker, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOILS;

CUO; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS (SOM);

CARBON;

GRASSLAND SOIL; GRAZING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 27644592939     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0020     Document Type: Article

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