Relating net primary productivity to soil organic matter decomposition rates in pure and mixed Chinese fir plantations

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 501-510

  Wang, Silong ^a   Zhang, Weidong ^a,b   Sanchez, Felipe ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chinese fir; Foliage; Microbial biomass C; Soil basal respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TREE PLANTING;

ABIES; ALNUS; ALNUS CREMASTOGYNE; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA;

EID: 77955842716     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0400-8     Document Type: Article

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