Woody plant encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a mesic native grassland promotes rapid carbon and nitrogen accrual

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-468

  McKinley, Duncan C ^a   Blair, John M ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Grassland conversion; Invasion; Juniperus virginiana; Land cover change; Mineralization; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen use efficiency; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 43049156592     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9133-4     Document Type: Article

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