Carbon dynamics in tallgrass prairie and wheat ecosystems

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-153

  Koçyiǧit, Rasim ^a   Rice, Charles W ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon pools; Microbial biomass carbon; Mineralizable carbon; Recalcitrant carbon; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

INCUBATION; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; TILLAGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGROECOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; SOIL CARBON;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3142704203     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0310-15     Document Type: Article

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