Microbial N turnover and N-oxide (N2O/NO/NO2) fluxes in semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-634

  Holst, Jirko ^a   Liu, Chunyan ^a,b   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^a   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^a   Zheng, Xunhua ^b   Wang, Yuesi ^b   Han, Shenghui ^b   Yao, Zhisheng ^b   Yue, Jin ^b   Han, Xingguo ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Nitric oxide; Nitrification; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrous oxide; Overgrazing; Steppe

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OVERGRAZING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; XILIN BASIN;

EID: 34447300630     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9043-x     Document Type: Article

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