Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The effects of sagebrush conversion on the soil properties of a high-elevation portion of the Western Intermountain Sagebrush Steppe (West, 1983) are described. Changes were found in only a few soil chemical properties after conversion to grassland. It was found that surface concentrations of N were lower under grass vegetation than under undisturbed vegetation. Undershrub net N mineralization rates were higher under shrubs in the sagebrush vegetation than under former shrubs in the grass vegetation.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
Soil Science Society of America, Journal (ISSN 0038-0776); 51; 1337-134
Format:
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