Nutrient limitation and wetland botanical diversity in northeast China: Can fertilization influence on species richness?

Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-93

  Xu, Zhiguo ^a,b   Yan, Baixing ^a   He, Yan ^c   Song, Changchun ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Northeast China; Plant N P ratios; Sanjiang marsh wetland; Soil pH; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SEDGE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; SANJIANG PLAIN;

CAREX LASIOCARPA;

EID: 33846332053     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000240547.67422.2f     Document Type: Article

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