Carbon mineralization of tree leaf litter and crop residues from poplar-based agroforestry systems in Northeast China: A laboratory study

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-137

  Zeng, De Hui ^a   Mao, Rong ^a,b   Chang, Scott X ^c   Li, Lu Jun ^a,b   Yang, Dan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive effect; Microbial respiration; Residue decomposition; Residue quality; Residues of mixed species

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73149106591     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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