Storage and stability of soil organic carbon in aspen and conifer forest soils of northern Utah

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2230-2240

  Woldeselassie, Mical ^a   Van Miegroet, Helga ^a   Gruselle, Marie Cecile ^b,c   Hambly, Nickoli ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFER FORESTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRY ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL SOILS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STORAGE CAPACITY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

SOILS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; OXYGEN; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84870179610     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0364     Document Type: Article

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