Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors

Geoderma

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-84

  Johnson, Kristofer D ^a   Harden, Jennifer ^b   McGuire, A David ^a   Bliss, Norman B ^c   Bockheim, James G ^d   Clark, Mark ^e   Nettleton Hollingsworth, Teresa ^f   Jorgenson, M Torre ^g   Kane, Evan S ^h   Mack, Michelle ⁱ   O'Donnell, Jonathan ^a   Ping, Chien Lu ^a   Schuur, Edward A G ⁱ   Turetsky, Merritt R ^j   Valentine, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e USDA NRCS   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Boreal; Permafrost; Soil carbon; Soil forming factors

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC TUNDRA; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; DATA GAP; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ECOREGIONS; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRST-ORDER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STAND AGE; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; PERMEABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 80055044410     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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