Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by legumes in two Chinese grasslands estimated with the 15N dilution technique

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-98

  Yang, Baijie ^a,b   Qiao, Na ^b,c   Xu, Xingliang ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Alpine meadow; Kobresia humilis; Leymus chinensis; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DILUTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; MEADOW; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ROOT SYSTEM; STEPPE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

GUELDENSTAEDTIA; KOBRESIA; KOBRESIA HUMILIS; LEYMUS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; MEDICAGO RUTHENICA; MELISSITUS RUTHENICA; OXYTROPIS; THERMOPSIS LANCEOLATA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 80051666795     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9448-y     Document Type: Article

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