Soil carbon flux following pulse precipitation events in the shortgrass steppe

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Munson, Seth M ^a,d   Benton, Tyler J ^a,b   Lauenroth, William K ^c   Burke, Ingrid C ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d Canyonlands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Cultivation; Land use change; Semiarid and arid ecosystems; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Soil temperature; Water pulses

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTIVATION; GRASS; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEPPE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 77951093478     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0651-0     Document Type: Article

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