The pattern between nitrogen mineralization and grazing intensities in an Inner Mongolian typical steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 289-300

  Xu, Yuqing ^a,b   Li, Linghao ^a   Wang, Qibing ^a   Chen, Quansheng ^a   Cheng, Weixin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Grassland; Grazing intensity; Inner Mongolia; Nitrate; Nitrogen transformation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; GRAZING PRESSURE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL MOISTURE; STEPPE; UNGULATE;

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

OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 35748955830     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9416-0     Document Type: Article

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