Nitrogen cycling in forest soils across climate gradients in Eastern China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 419-432

  Zhang, Jinbo ^a   Zhu, Tongbin ^a   Cai, Zucong ^a   Müller, Christoph ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

15N tracing; Climatic condition; Gross N transformations; N conservation mechanisms; Tracing model; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

EID: 79954988551     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0706-6     Document Type: Article

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