Incorporation of plant residues into soil organic matter fractions with grassland management practices in the North American Midwest

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 805-815

  Billings, S A ^a   Brewer, C M ^b   Foster, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis; Carbon sequestration; Festuca arundinacea; Grassland; Land management; Poa pratensis; Soil carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LITTERFALL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 33745351960     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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