Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semidesert grassland: Spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2420-2431

  Throop, Heather L ^a   Archer, Steven R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Land cover change; Prosopis; Santa Rita Experimental Range; Semidesert grassland; Shrub encroachment; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 52449093398     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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