Carbon fluxes and nitrogen availability along an urban-rural gradient in a desert landscape

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Koerner, Brenda A ^a,b   Klopatek, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert ecosystems; Larrea tridentata; Soil carbon; Soil respiration; Urban gradient analysis

Indexed keywords

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 77950459533     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0105-z     Document Type: Article

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