Linking aboveground net primary productivity to soil carbon and dissolved organic carbon in complex terrain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1225-1236

  Peterson, Fox S ^a   Lajtha, Kate J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANPP; complex terrain; DOC; forest ecosystem; SOM

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; LEACHING; LIDAR; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886705839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20097     Document Type: Article

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