Tree encroachment impacts carbon dynamics in a sand prairie in Wisconsin

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 956-968

  Scharenbroch, B C ^a   Flores Mangual, M L ^b   Lepore, B ^c   Bockheim, J G ^d   Lowery, B ^d  

^a Research Department   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; C/N RATIO; CARBON DYNAMICS; COARSE PARTICULATES; FIELD PLOT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; N MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC INPUTS; RIVER VALLEY; TOTAL ECOSYSTEM C; TREE GROWTH; WISCONSIN;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ECOTONE; FOREST COVER; GIS; GROWTH RATE; IMAGERY; MICROCLIMATE; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRAIRIE; SAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSECT;

AIR CRAFT; DECAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINUS; SOIL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 77956842636     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0223     Document Type: Article

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