shrublands

Soil carbon and nitrogen in relation to shrub size and death in a semi-arid grassland

Authors:

McClaran, M.P.; Moore-Kucera, J.; Martens, D.A.; van Haren, J.; Marsh, S.E

Source:

Geoderma, Volume 145, p.60-68 (2008)

Keywords:

shrublands; soil

Trees in grasslands: biogeochemical consequences of woody plant expansion

Authors:

Archer, S; TW Boutton; KA Hibbard

Source:

Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System, Academic Press, San Diego, p.115-137 (2001)

URL:

http://ag.arizona.edu/research/archer/pubs/reprints/Archer_etal_JenaChapter.pdf

Keywords:

savannas; shrublands; vegetation change; woody plant encroachment

Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2?

Authors:

Archer, S; DS Schimel; EA Holland

Source:

Climatic Change, Volume 29, p.91-99 (1995)

URL:

http://ag.arizona.edu/research/archer/pubs/reprints/Archer_etal_1995_ClimaticChange.pdf

Keywords:

vegetation change; CO2; grasslands; shrublands

Soil moisture variations and ecosystem-scale fluxes of water and carbon in semiarid grassland and shrubland

Authors:

Kurc, S. A.; E. E. Small

Source:

Water Resources Research, Volume 43, p.W06416 (2007)

URL:

http://ag.arizona.edu/srnr/research/wr/kurc/docs/2006WR005011.pdf

Keywords:

soil moisture; hydrologic processes; ecosystem processes; carbon; semiarid; grasslands; shrublands