Decomposition of urban atmospheric carbon in Sonoran Desert soils

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-754

  Kaye, Jason P ^a   Eckert, Sara E ^a   Gonzales, Daniel A ^b   Allen, Jonathan O ^b,c   Hall, Sharon J ^d   Sponseller, Ryan A ^d,e   Grimm, Nancy B ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Allen Analytics LLC   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon deposition; Particulate matter; Soil respiration; Sonoran Desert; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027956696     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0173-8     Document Type: Article

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