Carbon cycling of forest ecosystems in response to global nitrogen deposition: A review

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2997-3009

  Fan, Hou Bao ^a,b   Huang, Yu Zi ^b   Yuan, Ying Hong ^a   Li, Yan Yan ^a   Huang, Rong Zhen ^a   Fan, Hai Yan ^c  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Forest ecosystem; Forest soil; Forest tree growth; Nitrogen deposition; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049112413     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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