Nitrogen isotopic composition of plant-soil in the Loess Plateau and its responding to environmental change

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Liu, Wei Guo ^a,b   Wang, Zheng ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen isotope; Plant soil; Precipitation and temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849114895     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0442-y     Document Type: Article

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