Stable carbon isotope characteristics of different plant species and surface soil in arid regions

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Ma, Jianying ^a,b   Sun, Wei ^b   Zhang, Huiwen ^c   Xia, Dunsheng ^a   An, Chengbang ^c   Chen, Fahu ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Stable carbon isotope composition; Surface soil; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLANT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349125186     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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