Carbon mineralization of soils from native evergreen broadleaf forest and three plantations in mid-subtropic China

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1964-1982

  Zhang, Jian ^a,c   Si Long, Wang ^a   Zong Wei, Feng ^b   Qing Kui, Wang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Chinese fir plantation; Hot water extractable carbon; Mixed stand; Pure stand; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; MICHELIA MACCLUREI;

EID: 70449720939     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620902896795     Document Type: Article

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