N fertilization affects on soil respiration, microbial biomass and root respiration in Larix gmelinii and Fraxinus mandshurica plantations in China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 325-336

  Jia, Shuxia ^a,b   Wang, Zhengquan ^b   Li, Xingpeng ^c   Sun, Yue ^b   Zhang, Xiaoping ^a   Liang, Aizhen ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jilin Provincial Academy of Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Fine root biomass; Fine root specific respiration; N; Soil microbial biomass; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; ELECTRODE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; OXYGEN; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII;

EID: 77954688973     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0348-8     Document Type: Article

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