Spatial variation of soil δ13C and its relation to carbon input and soil texture in a subtropical lowland woodland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-112

  Bai, Edith ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^b   Liu, Feng ^b   Wu, X Ben ^b   Hallmark, C Thomas ^b   Archer, Steven R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil organic carbon; Soil texture; Stable carbon isotopes; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATED; CARBON CYCLING; CROSS-VARIOGRAM; EARTH SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LOWLAND LANDSCAPES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; RIO GRANDE; ROOT BIOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CORES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SAMPLING; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TEXAS , USA; UPLAND AREA; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS; WOODY PLANTS;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; TEXTURES; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMASS; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; VARIOGRAM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTS; TEXAS; TEXTURE; WOOD;

RIO GRANDE PLAIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 80054086492     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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