Nitrogen deposition and carbon sequestration in alpine meadows

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-369

  Xu, Xingliang ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a   Cao, Guangmin ^b   Pei, Zhiyong ^a   Zhou, Caiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadows; C sequestration; Emission; N deposition; Soil CO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547684246     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-004-0371-z     Document Type: Article

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