Nutrients and biomass spatial patterns in alpine tundra ecosystem on Changbai Mountains, Northeast China

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-257

  Wu, Gang ^a   Jiang, Ping ^a,b,d   Wei, Jing ^a,c   Shao, Hongbo ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biointerface; Biomass; Nutrients stock; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; VEGETATION;

BIOINTERFACE; NUTRIENTS STOCK; VEGETATION TYPE;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 35649000317     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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