15N isoscapes in a subtropical savanna parkland: spatial-temporal perspectives

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bai, Edith ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^b   Liu, Feng ^b,d   Wu, X Ben ^b   Archer, Steven R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Isoscapes; Nitrogen isotope ratio; Soil nitrogen; Soil texture; Special Feature; Vegetation change; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891957141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00187.1     Document Type: Article

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