Carbon and nitrogen storage in soil and litter of southern Californian semi-arid shrublands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-173

  Vourlitis, G L ^a   Zorba, G ^a   Pasquini, S C ^a   Mustard, R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenostoma fasciculatum; Artemisia californica; Biogeochemistry; Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Global change; Nitrogen deposition; Salvia mellifera

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHAPARRAL; ELEVATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; MICROCLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; SALVIA; SALVIA MELLIFERA;

EID: 33947677130     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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