Long-term tree growth rate, water use efficiency, and tree ring nitrogen isotope composition of Pinus massoniana L. in response to global climate change and local nitrogen deposition in Southern China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1453-1465

  Sun, Fangfang ^a,b,d   Kuang, Yuanwen ^a,c   Wen, Dazhi ^a,c   Xu, Zhihong ^d   Li, Jianli ^e   Zuo, Weidong ^e   Hou, Enqing ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Agriculture and Forestry Technology Extension Centre of Nanhai District   (China)

Author keywords

Basal area increment (BAI); Carbon sequestration; Global climate change; Masson pine; Nitrogen deposition; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NONLINEARITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 78649528225     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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