Carbon and nitrogen storage in plant and soil as related to nitrogen and water amendment in a temperate steppe of northern China

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-196

  Lü, Fu Mei ^a,b   Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Han, Xu ^a   Zhang, Guang Ming ^a   Kong, De Liang ^a   Han, Xing Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Nitrogen deposition; Precipitation regimes; Semi arid grassland; Soil moisture; Soil nitrogen availability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; UREA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 78751669355     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0522-4     Document Type: Article

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