Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of decomposing foliar litter in a Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation exposed to simulated nitrogen deposition

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2546-2553

  Fan, Hou Bao ^a,b   Liu, Wen Fei ^a   Xu, Lei ^b   Li, Yan Yan ^a   Liao, Ying Chun ^a   Wang, Qi Qi ^c   Zhang, Zi Wen ^c  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shaxian State Forest Farm of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen dynamics

Indexed keywords

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 76749099816     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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