Nitrogen and carbon dynamics under the canopy of sand dune shrubs in a desert ecosystem

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-160

  Xie, Guanghui ^a,b   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystem; Organic carbon; Organic mineralization; Sandy soil; Soluble nitrogen

Indexed keywords

DUNE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MONOSPERMA; RETAMA RAETAM;

EID: 16844362949     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980590916549     Document Type: Article

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