Mean age of carbon in fine roots from temperate forests and grasslands with different management

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4833-4843

  Solly, E ^a   Schoning I ^a   Boch, S ^b   Muller J ^c   Socher, S A ^b   Trumbore, S E ^a   Schrumpf, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARBON; FINE ROOT; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880555846     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4833-2013     Document Type: Article

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