Soil moisture regime and land use history drive regional differences in soil carbon and nitrogen storage across Southern Wisconsin

Soil Science

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 486-495

  Kucharik, Christopher J ^a,b   Brye, Kristofor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land use; Soil carbon; Soil moisture regime; Soil nitrogen; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFERING; BULK DENSITY; DATABASE; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PRAIRIE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; TURNOVER; WISCONSINAN;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84891624349     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: 15389243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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