Variability in soil properties at different spatial scales (1 m-1 km) in a deciduous forest ecosystem

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2621-2627

  Garten Jr , Charles T ^a   Kang, Sanghoon ^a,b   Brice, Deanne J ^a   Schadt, Christopher W ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineral associated organic matter; Particulate organic matter; Soil C; Soil C to N ratio; Soil N; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL TEXTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN;

SOILS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447544308     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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