Controls on soil organic carbon and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia, China: A cross-continental comparison of temperate grasslands

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Sarah E ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^b   Lauenroth, William K ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; CENTURY MODEL; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; INNER MONGOLIA; N DEPOSITION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NORTHEAST CHINA TRANSECT; ORGANIC NITROGEN; REGIONAL MODEL; REGRESSION MODEL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TEXTURES; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; TEXTURES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

CHINA; GREAT PLAINS; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79960252424     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003945     Document Type: Article

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