Revisiting soil carbon and nitrogen sampling: Quantitative pits versus rotary cores

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 273-279

  Rau, Benjamin M ^a   Melvin, April M ^b   Johnson, Dale W ^c   Goodale, Christine L ^b   Blank, Robert R ^d   Fredriksen, Guinevere ^b   Miller, Watkins W ^c   Murphy, James D ^c   Todd Jr , Donald E ^e   Walker, Roger F ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; coarse fragment; nitrogen; soil core; soil pit; Soil sampling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMOND; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958748613     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31821d6d4a     Document Type: Article

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