Effects of land use and vegetation cover on soil temperature in an urban ecosystem

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-480

  Savva, Yulia ^a   Szlavecz, Katalin ^a   Pouyat, Richard V ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Heisler, Gordon ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AIR TEMPERATURE; BALTIMORE; C AND N CYCLING; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE TYPE; LOAMY SOILS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL CHANGE; RURAL SITE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE MODELS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TURFGRASS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN LAND-USE CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOAMY SAND; NITROGEN CYCLE; SHORELINE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 77949575976     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0107     Document Type: Article

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