Beaver pond effects on carbon storage in soils

Geoderma

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 371-378

  Johnston, Carol A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Lowland wet grassland; Soil organic matter; Soil type; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON DENSITY; CARBON STORAGE IN SOILS; LOWLAND WET GRASSLAND; NATIONAL PARKS; PARENT MATERIALS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TYPES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GASES; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

CARBON;

AERIAL SURVEY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST SOIL; HISTOSOL; MEADOW; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SWAMP; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84884184330     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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