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Carbon Dynamics In Tallgrass Prairie And Wheat Ecosystems, Rasi̇m Koçyi̇ği̇t, Charles W. Rice
Carbon Dynamics In Tallgrass Prairie And Wheat Ecosystems, Rasi̇m Koçyi̇ği̇t, Charles W. Rice
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Soil carbon (C) dynamics is an important aspect of the global C cycle. Soils can be a sink or source for atmospheric CO_2 depending upon management. Tallgrass prairie and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) are 2 dominant ecosystems in the Great Plains. This study determined the distribution of C in these 2 ecosystems. Soil C pools, plant root biomass, and aboveground plant biomass were determined at a wheat (winter wheat) and a tallgrass prairie site in northern Oklahoma from 1998 through 2001. The objectives of this study were to determine C storage and changes in soil organic matter in tallgrass prairie …