Carbon and nitrogen store and storage potential as affected by land-use in a Leymus chinensis grassland of northern China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2952-2959

  He, Nianpeng ^a,b   Yu, Qiang ^a   Wu, Ling ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^b   Han, Xingguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chronosequence; Grassland; Land use; Restoration; SOC; SON

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; GERMANIUM; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASSES; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND DEGRADATIONS; GRASSLAND SOILS; GRAZING ANIMALS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NORTHERN CHINAS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVES; SOC; SOIL LAYERS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROFILES; SON; STORAGE POTENTIALS;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 55349092958     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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