Impact of historical land-use changes on greenhouse gas exchange in the U.S. Great Plains, 1883-2003

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1105-1119

  Hartman, Melannie D ^a   Merchant, Emily R ^b   Parton, William J ^a   Gutmann, Myron P ^c   Lutz, Susan M ^a   Williams, Stephen A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Biogeochemical models; Cropland; Grassland; Great Plains (USA); Greenhouse gas emissions, GHG; Land use change; Methane (CH4) flux; Nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from soil; Pasture; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 79958796231     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0036.1     Document Type: Article

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