Nitrogen isotope composition characteristics of modern plants and their variations along an altitudinal gradient in Dongling Mountain in Beijing

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-140

  Liu, XianZhao ^a   Wang, GuoAn ^b   Li, JiaZhu ^a   Wang, Qing ^a  

^a LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Dongling Mountain in Beijing; Nitrogen isotope; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL TYPES; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; IN-PLANTS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; N FRACTIONATION; N VALUE; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SOILS;

NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; DONGLING MOUNTAIN; XISHAN;

EID: 76149098505     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0175-z     Document Type: Article

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