Soil organic carbon storage in mountain grasslands of the Pyrenees: Effects of climate and topography

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Garcia Pausas, Jordi ^a   Casals, Pere ^a,b   Camarero, Lluís ^c   Huguet, Carme ^d   Sebastià, Maria Teresa ^a,e   Thompson, Roy ^f   Romanyà, Joan ^g  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Mountain grasslands; Pyrenees; Soil organic carbon storage; Topography

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GRASSLAND SOIL; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 33947222226     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9071-9     Document Type: Article

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