Effects of mulching materials on nitrogen mineralization, nitrogen availability and poplar growth on degraded agricultural soil

New Forests

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-162

  Fang, Shengzuo ^a   Xie, Baodong ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Liu, Jiujun ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Available N concentration; Biological mulch; Growth performance; Net N mineralization; Poplar plantation

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE N CONCENTRATION; BIOLOGICAL MULCH; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; NET N-MINERALIZATION; POPLAR PLANTATION;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MINERALIZATION; MULCHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MINERALS; MULCH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; POPULUS; SOIL; WEED CONTROL;

CORIARIA; CORIARIA NEPALENSIS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; POPULUS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS FABRI;

EID: 79951773130     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9217-9     Document Type: Article

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