Soil respiration in the cold desert environment of the Colorado Plateau (USA): Abiotic regulators and thresholds

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-265

  Fernandez, Daniel P ^a,b   Neff, Jason C ^a,b   Belnap, Jayne ^c   Reynolds, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold desert; Regression tree; Soil carbon; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

DESERT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33745153376     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-005-4278-0     Document Type: Article

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