Impacts of grazing intensity on nitrogen pools and nitrogen cycle in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Gao, Y H ^a   Luo, P ^b   Wu, N ^b   Chen, H ^b   Wang, G X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Grassland; N stocks; Soil N transformation; Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 58149095844     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0603_069079     Document Type: Article

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