Organic carbon in soil physical fractions under different-aged plantations of Mongolian pine in semi-arid region of Northeast China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Chen, Fu Sheng ^a,b   Zeng, De Hui ^b   Fahey, Timothy J ^c   Liao, Peng Fei ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Extracellular enzyme; Keerqin Sand Lands; Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv.; Soil carbon storage; Soil physical fractionation

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 71349085676     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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