Aboveground and belowground carbon pools after fire in mountain big sagebrush steppe

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Cleary, Meagan B ^a   Pendall, Elise ^b   Ewers, Brent E ^b  

^a Moraine Valley Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; CN ratio; litter layer; root biomass; root distribution; soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DOMINANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEPPE; SUCCESSION;

EID: 77954553597     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00117.1     Document Type: Article

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