Soils and frost boil ecosystems across the North American Arctic Transect

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Michaelson, G J ^c   Ping, C L ^c   Epstein, H ^a   Kimble, J M ^b   Walker, D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Agriculture Forestry Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c Alaska Agric Exp Stn   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CALCIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRYOTURBATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FROST; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69549096052     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000672     Document Type: Article

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