Vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality in an arid hyperthermic ecosystem

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Rasmussen, Craig ^a   White, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

arid ecosystem; Density separation; differential thermal analysis; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; soil organic carbon; thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; DICOTYLEDON; ENTHALPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER;

ARISTIDA ADSCENSIONIS; BOUTELOUA ARISTIDOIDES; BOUTELOUA BARBATA; CYNODON DACTYLON; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 77957770750     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181f38400     Document Type: Article

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