Multi-scale heterogeneity in vegetation and soil carbon in exurban residential land of southeastern Michigan, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1421-1436

  Currie, William S ^a   Kiger, Sarah ^a   Nassauer, Joan I ^a   Hutchins, Meghan ^a   Marshall, Lauren L ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a   Riolo, Rick L ^a   Robinson, Derek T ^b   Hart, Stephanie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Exurban landscape; Human dominated landscape; Land use; Landscape; Scaling; Soils; Spatial heterogeneity; Tree cover; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODY PLANT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MICHIGAN; PLANT; SOIL;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84977632418     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0817     Document Type: Article

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