Soil carbon dioxide (co2) efflux of two shrubs in response to plant density in the northern Loess Plateau of China

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 6916-6926

  Fu, Wei ^a,b,c   Huang, Mingbin ^a,b   Shao, Ming,an ^a,b   Horton, Robert ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efflux; Plant density; Semi arid; Shrub; Soil CO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARAGANA; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT ROOT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WILLOW;

CARAGANA; SALIX PSAMMOPHILA;

EID: 78049484504     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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