Carbon and nitrogen pools in Chinese fir and evergreen broadleaved forests and changes associated with felling and burning in mid-subtropical China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 216-226

  Yang, Yu Sheng ^a   Guo, Jianfen ^a,b   Chen, Guangshui ^a   Xie, Jinsheng ^c   Gao, Ren ^a   Li, Zhen ^c   Jin, Zhao ^c  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese fir (CL); Clear cutting; Evergreen broadleaved forest (BF); Slash burning; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CHINESE FIR; SLASH BURNING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTRY;

BURNING; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLEAR CUTTING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; WORLD;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 24944535275     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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