Grazing intensity alters soil respiration in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan plateau

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-243

  Cao, Guangmin ^a   Tang, Yanhong ^b   Mo, Wenhong ^c   Wang, Yuesi ^d   Li, Yingnian ^a   Zhao, Xingquan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon cycle; CO2 efflux; Q10 value; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; PATTERN MATCHING;

GRAZING INTENSITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; GRAZING; MEADOW; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 1042290564     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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