Effects of warming and grazing on N2O fluxes in an alpine meadow ecosystem on the Tibetan plateau

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 944-952

  Hu, Yigang ^a,d   Chang, Xiaofeng ^a,d   Lin, Xingwu ^c   Wang, Yanfen ^d   Wang, Shiping ^a,b   Duan, Jichuang ^a,d   Zhang, Zhenhua ^a,d   Yang, Xiaoxia ^a,d   Luo, Caiyun ^a,d   Xu, Guangping ^a,d   Zhao, Xinquan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Institute of Soil Science in Nanjing   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; FATE; Global warming; Grazing; N2O flux; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MEADOW; FATE; GRAZING; N2O FLUX; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; GROWING SEASON; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77950593170     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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