Plant communities, soil carbon, and soil nitrogen properties in a successional gradient of sub-alpine meadows on the eastern tibetan plateau of China

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 755-765

  Li, Wen Jin ^a   Li, Jin Hua ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^b   Wang, Gang ^a   Jia, Ju Jie ^a   Qin, Yan Yan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallow time gradient; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Species richness; Sub alpine meadow

Indexed keywords

FALLOW TIME GRADIENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUB-ALPINE MEADOW;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FALLOW; GRASS; LEGUME; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; FALLOW; GRASS; LEGUME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LITTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CARBON; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70349775500     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9361-1     Document Type: Article

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