Spatial variability of soil metabolic rate along a dryland elevation gradient

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1111-1123

  Chatterjee, A ^a,b   Jenerette, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Hotspots; Metabolic activity; Semi variogram; Soil organic matter; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CANOPY; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052817246     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9632-0     Document Type: Article

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