Soil organic matter dynamics and land use change at a grassland/forest ecotone

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2934-2943

  Billings, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Density fractionation; Ecotone; Forest; Grassland; Size fractionation; Soil organic matter; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; SOILS;

DENSITY FRACTIONATION; ECOTONE; SIZE FRACTIONATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTONE; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; HYDROLYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACIDOLYSIS; FORESTATION; FORESTRY;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; QUERCUS; ULMUS;

EID: 34548129895     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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