Spatial scaling of ecosystem C and N in a subtropical savanna landscape

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2213-2223

  Liu, Feng ^a   Ben Wu, X ^a   Bai, E ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^a   Archer, Steven R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Modified t test for correlation; Prosopis glandulosa; Quadrat variance methods; Savanna parkland; Scale; Soil organic carbon; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT;

GREAT PLAINS;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 77955069458     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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