Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest in southern China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-412

  Mo, Jiangming ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhu, Weixing ^b   Gundersn, Per ^c   Fang, Yunting ^a   Li, Dejun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C sequestration; China; N deposition; N saturation; Soil respiration; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53149105335     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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