Soil organic carbon and nitrogen content of density fractions and effect of meadow degradation to soil carbon and nitrogen of fractions in alpine Kobresia meadow

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 660-668

  Wang, WenYing ^a   Wang, QiJi ^b   Lu, ZiYu ^a  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine Kobresia meadow; Density fraction; Meadow degradation; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ALPINE KOBRESIA MEADOW; DENSITY FRACTION; MEADOW DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; FIRE HAZARDS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

MEADOW; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

KOBRESIA;

EID: 65549120896     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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