Comparison of botanical composition, soil carbon content, and root distribution of subirrigated meadows in the Nebraska Sandhills

Great Plains Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-60

  Mousel, Eric M ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Zanner, C William ^c   Wedin, David A ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Native vegetation; Root mass; Sandhills; Soil carbon; Subirrigated meadow

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASS; MEADOW; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 34247880305     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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