Soil carbon and nitrogen recovery on semiarid Conservation Reserve Program lands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-31

  Munson, S M ^a   Lauenroth, W K ^b   Burke, I C ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; CRP; Net primary production; Nitrogen; Shortgrass steppe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BASAL AREA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; EMISSION CONTROL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEPPE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84855917149     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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