Moisture and vegetation controls on decadal-scale accrual of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in restored grasslands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2573-2588

  O'Brien, Sarah L ^a,b   Jastrow, Julie D ^b   Grimley, David A ^c   Gonzalez Meler, Miquel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis; C4; Carbon sequestration; Drainage; Magnetic susceptibility; Restored prairie; Soil organic carbon; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS;

EID: 77955253752     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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