Soil soluble organic carbon and nitrogen pools under mono- and mixed species forest ecosystems in subtropical China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1071-1081

  Jiang, Yumei M ^a,b,c   Chen, Chengrong R ^c   Liu, Yuanqiu Q ^a   Xu, Zhihong H ^c  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Soil microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN); Soluble organic C (SOC) and N (SON); Subtropical China

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXED FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LIQUIDAMBAR; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 77955853681     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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