Belowground responses of Picea asperata seedlings to warming and nitrogen fertilization in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-648

  Liu, Qing ^a   Yin, Huajun ^a   Chen, Jinsong ^a   Zhao, Chunzhang ^a   Cheng, Xinying ^a   Wei, Yunyan ^b   Lin, Bo ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Picea asperata; Rhizosphere microbial process; Rhizosphere soil process; Root

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FINE ROOT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

PICEA; PICEA ASPERATA;

EID: 79955892628     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0824-5     Document Type: Article

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