Plant-soil biodiversity relationships and nutrient retention in agricultural riparian zones of the Sacramento Valley, California

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-60

  Young Mathews, Anna ^a   Culman, Steven W ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Sara ^b   O'Geen, A Toby ^a   Ferris, Howard ^a   Hollander, Allan D ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground relationships; Carbon storage; Ecosystem function; Nematodes; PLFA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

NEMATODA;

EID: 77955551869     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9332-9     Document Type: Article

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