Carbon dioxide fluxes over three great plains grasslands

The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 166-187

  Frank, A B ^a   Sims, P L ^a   Bradford, J A ^a   Mielnick, P C ^b   Dugas, W A ^b   Mayeux, H S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Texas Agric Exp Sta ^*  (United States)

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