Changes in soil organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon at different degradation successional stages of alpine meadows in the headwater region of three rivers in China

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-230

  Wang, Changting ^a   Long, Ruijun ^b   Wang, Qilan ^a   Jing, Zengchun ^a   Shi, Jiangjun ^c   Du, Yangong ^a   Cao, Guangmin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Science   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Degradation succession; Headwater region of three rivers; Soil microbial biomass carbon; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649091892     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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