Storage and dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in soil after grazing exclusion in Leymus chinensis grasslands of northern China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 663-668

  Wu, L ^a,c   He, N ^a,b   Wang, Y ^b   Han, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; NITROGEN; SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GRAZING EXCLUSION; SOIL CARBON;

CARBON;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 40849097968     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0196     Document Type: Article

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