A comparison of carbon and nitrogen stocks among land uses/covers in coastal Florida

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 255-276

  Nagy, R Chelsea ^a,c   Lockaby, B Graeme ^a   Zipperer, Wayne C ^b   Marzen, Luke J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Land use cover; Lawns; Nitrogen; Soil; Urban; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897629539     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-013-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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