Carbon fluxes on North American rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-474

  Svejcar, Tony ^a   Angell, Raymond ^a   Bradford, James A ^a   Dugas, William ^b   Emmerich, William ^a   Frank, Albert B ^a   Gilmanov, Tagir ^c   Haferkamp, Marshall ^a   Johnson, Douglas A ^d   Mayeux, Herman ^e   Mielnick, Pat ^b   Morgan, Jack ^f   Saliendra, Nicanor Z ^g   Schuman, Gerald E ^h   Sims, Phillip L ^a   Snyder, Kereith ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Grasslands; Sequestration; Shrub steppe

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DROUGHT; GRASSLAND; RANGELAND; SHRUB; WATER VAPOR;

ARIZONA; IDAHO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; OREGON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 61949228988     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-108.1     Document Type: Article

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