Effect of freezing on soil nitrogen mineralization under different plant communities in a semi-arid area during a non-growing season

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Zhao, Hongtao ^a,b   Zhang, Xuelin ^a,b   Xu, Sutie ^a,b   Zhao, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Xie, Zhongbing ^a,b   Wang, Qibing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Inner Mongolia; N mineralization; Non growing season; Plant community

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143393     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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