Alaskan soil carbon stocks: Spatial variability and dependence on environmental factors

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3637-3645

  Mishra, U ^a,b   Riley, W J ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877867688     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3637-2012     Document Type: Article

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