Role of large-scale soil structure in organic carbon turnover: Evidence from California grassland soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ewing, Stephanie A ^a   Sanderman, Jonathan ^a   Baisden, W Troy ^b   Wang, Yang ^c   Amundson, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848846383     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000174     Document Type: Article

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