Nitrogen mineralization of prunings of six N2-fixing hedgerow species in a dry valley of the Jinsha River

Pedosphere

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-31

  Sun, Hui ^a,b   Tang, Ya ^b   Zhao, Qiguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Contour hedgerow system; Mineralization; N; Prunings

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEDGEROW; MINERALIZATION; MULCH; NITROGEN; PRUNING; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINSHA RIVER;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MEARNSII; ALBIZIA; CANDIDA; DESMODIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA CANDIDA;

EID: 28844448506     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(01)00822-8     Document Type: Article

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