Does expansion of western snowberry enhance ecosystem carbon sequestration and storage in Canadian Prairies?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 269-276

  Bai, Yuguang ^a   Colberg, Tyler ^a   Romo, J T ^a   McConkey, Brian ^b   Pennock, Dan ^a   Farrell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Grassland; Northern Mixed Prairie; Root; Shrub; SOC; Soil texture; Symphoricarpos occidentalis; Western snowberry

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESEARCH WORK; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

SYMPHORICARPOS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 70349120874     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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