Initial responses of soil CO2 efflux and C, N pools to experimental warming in two contrasting forest ecosystems, Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-195

  Xu, Zhenfeng ^a,b   Wan, Chuan ^a   Xiong, Pei ^a   Tang, Zheng ^a   Hu, Rong ^a   Cao, Gang ^a,b   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Experimental warming; Labile C and N; Microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLYSIS; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

PICEA;

EID: 78049270312     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0461-8     Document Type: Article

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