Biomass, litter, and soil respiration along a precipitation gradient in southern Great Plains, USA

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1369-1380

  Zhou, Xuhui ^a   Talley, Melissa ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Grassland; Litter mass; Precipitation gradient; Soil carbon; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; LITTER; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 77949774620     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9296-7     Document Type: Article

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