Minor stimulation of soil carbon storage by nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Lu, Meng ^a,b   Zhou, Xuhui ^b   Luo, Yiqi ^a,b   Yang, Yuanhe ^b   Fang, Changming ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground C pool; Belowground C pool; Carbon sequestration; DOC; Litter C pool; Microbial biomass C; N addition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LITTER; META-ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 79151471453     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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