Responses of soil respiration to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition in young subtropical forest ecosystems in China

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 315-328

  Deng, Q ^a,b   Zhou, G ^a   Liu, J ^a   Liu, S ^a   Duan, H ^a,b   Zhang, D ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 76649138945     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-315-2010     Document Type: Article

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