Slow decomposition of lower order roots: A key mechanism of root carbon and nutrient retention in the soil

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 509-515

  Fan, Pingping ^a   Guo, Dali ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen ratio; Mycorrhizae; Root branch order; Total nonstructural carbohydrates; Tree species

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBOHYDRATE; DECOMPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TIME; TREE;

CARBON; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ARBUSCULAR; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; FUNGI; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII;

EID: 77952323447     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1541-4     Document Type: Article

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