Can carbon fluxes explain differences in soil organic carbon storage under aspen and conifer forest overstories?

Forests

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Boča, Antra ^a   Miegroet, Helga Van ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritus input; Dissolved organic carbon; Litterfall; Populus tremuloides; Root turnover; Soil organic carbon; Tree species effect

Indexed keywords

LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW;

DETRITUS INPUT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LITTERFALLS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROOT TURNOVER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TREE SPECIES EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LITTERFALL; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERSTORY; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SOFTWOODS;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 85017386379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f8040118     Document Type: Article

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