Natural recovery of soil organic matter in 30-90-year-old abandoned oil and gas wells in sagebrush steppe

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Avirmed, Otgonsuren ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Mobley, Megan L ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pool; Disturbance; Intermediate pool; Oil and gas development; Particulate organic matter; Recovery; Sagebrush steppe; Shrub induced heterogeneity; Soil organic matter; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900027071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00272.1     Document Type: Article

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