Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf litter decomposition in a suburban slash pine plantation in red soil region of China

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2327-2333

  Gong, Xiao jing ^a   Yu, Ming quan ^b   Hu, Xi ao fei ^a   Guo, Hui cai ^a   Chen, Fu sheng ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C, N, and P stoichiometric ratios; Litter decomposition; Pinus elliottii Engelm; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; RED SOIL; STOICHIOMETRY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGXI; NANCHANG;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 79954600707     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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