Effect of litter quality and decomposition on N mineralization in soil of Castanopsis platyacanthaschima sinensis forest

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-151

  Chen, Yinping ^a,b   Pan, Kaiwen ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Luo, Peng ^a   Wang, Jinchuang ^a   Xian, Jishen ^b,c  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonification; Litter quality; Nitrification; Soil N mineralization; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS PLATYACANTHA; CRYPTOMERIA FORTUNEI; SCHIMA SINENSIS;

EID: 19444379274     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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