Moisture pulses, trace gas emissions and soil C and N in cheatgrass and native grass-dominated sagebrush-steppe in Wyoming, USA

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1421-1431

  Norton, U ^a   Mosier, A R ^b   Morgan, J A ^c   Derner, J D ^a   Ingram, L J ^d   Stahl, P D ^d  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Carbon dioxide (CO2); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Global change; Microbial biomass; Nitrous oxide (N2O); Pascopyrum smithii; Sagebrush steppe; Trace gas; Wyoming big sagebrush

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MECHANICS; WETTING;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS TECTORUM; GLOBAL CHANGE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; TRACE GAS; WEED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII;

EID: 43649094775     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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