Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Turnover Among North American Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-615

  Frank, Douglas A ^a   Pontes, Alyssa W ^a   McFarlane, Karis J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon turnover; climate change; radiocarbon; soil carbon; terrestrial ecosystems; terrestrial production

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST; TUNDRA; TURNOVER; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84860668879     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9534-2     Document Type: Article

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