Changes in soil respiration across a chronosequence of tallgrass prairie reconstructions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 749-753

  Maher, Ryan M ^a   Asbjornsen, Heidi ^a   Kolka, Randall K ^b   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^c   Raich, James W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground production; Belowground carbon; Grassland age; Root biomass; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GRASS; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROWING SEASON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; PRAIRIE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650723598     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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