Nitrogen effects on net ecosystem carbon exchange in a temperate steppe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-155

  Niu, Shuli ^a   Wu, Mingyu ^a   Han, Yi ^a   Xia, Jiangyang ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Yang, Haijun ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuel feedstock production; Carbon sequestration; Clipping; Grassland; Interannual variability; Land use; Net ecosystem carbon exchange; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Plant cover

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CANOPY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIPPING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STEPPE;

CHINA;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; STIPA KRYLOVII;

EID: 69649093745     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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