Soil carbon heterogeneity in piñon-juniper woodland patches: Effect of woody plant variation on neighboring intercanopies is not detectable

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Reiley, David K ^a   Breshears, David D ^b   Zedler, Paul H ^a   Ebinger, Michael H ^c   Meyer, Clifton W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b School of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fine vs. coarse soil fractions; Management and sequestration; Pinyon; Semi arid; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GRASS; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; PATCHINESS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 71849089988     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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