Nutrient resorption response to fire and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid grassland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-538

  Lü, Xiao Tao ^a,b   Cui, Qiang ^b   Wang, Qi Bing ^b   Han, Xing Guo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen deposition; Prescribed burning; Resorption efficiency; Resorption proficiency; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESORPTION EFFICIENCY; RESORPTION PROFICIENCY; TEMPERATE STEPPE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESORPTION; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79551622890     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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