Nutrient cycling in an Alpine tundra ecosystem on Changbai Mountain, Northeast China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-209

  Wu, Gang ^a   Wei, Jing ^a   Deng, Hongbing ^a   Zhao, Jingzhu ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sulfur; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646096018     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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