Grazing and climate effects on soil organic carbon concentration and particle-size association in northern grasslands

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Hewins, Daniel B ^a   Lyseng, Mark P ^b,c   Schoderbek, Donald F ^b   Alexander, Mike ^c   Willms, Walter D ^d   Carlyle, Cameron N ^b   Chang, Scott X ^b   Bork, Edward W ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 85040927799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19785-1     Document Type: Article

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