13C abundance, water-soluble and microbial biomass carbon as potential indicators of soil organic carbon dynamics in subtropical forests at different successional stages and subject to different nitrogen loads

Plant and Soil

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 243-254

  Fang, Hua Jun ^a,d   Yu, Gui Rui ^a   Cheng, Shu Lan ^b   Mo, Jiang Ming ^c   Yan, Jun Hua ^c   Li, Shenggong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; Labile C fractions; N deposition; SOC turnover; Subtropical China; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; WATER USE;

EID: 67349179509     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9890-7     Document Type: Article

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