Topographic and ungulate regulation of soil C turnover in a temperate grassland ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 495-504

  Frank, Douglas A ^a   Depriest, Timothy ^a   Mclauchlan, Kendra ^b   Risch, Anita C ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon turnover; Grassland; Grazing; Radiocarbon; Soil carbon; Ungulates; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORE; LAND USE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

UNGULATA;

EID: 78649801864     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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