Transition from sagebrush steppe to annual grass (Bromus tectorum): Influence on belowground carbon and nitrogen

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Rau, Benjamin M ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^b   Blank, Robert R ^c   Lucchesi, Annmarrie ^b   Caldwell, Todd G ^d   Schupp, Eugene W ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeochemical cycles; carbon sequestration; cheatgrass; climate change; invasive annual grass; sagebrush; soil organic carbon; total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; STEPPE; UNDERSTORY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 79953089153     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00063.1     Document Type: Article

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