Woodland expansion's influence on belowground carbon and nitrogen in the Great Basin U.S.

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 827-835

  Rau, Benjamin M ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^b   Blank, Robert R ^c   Tausch, Robin J ^a   Roundy, Bruce A ^d   Miller, Richard F ^e   Caldwell, Todd G ^f   Lucchesi, Annmarie ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Juniper; Pinyon; Sagebrush; Soil; Tree cover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLICY MAKING; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; IDAHO; NEVADA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS MONOPHYLLA;

EID: 79958140991     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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