Plant species effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate steppe of northern China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 331-347

  Jiang, Lili ^a,b   Han, Xingguo ^b   Dong, Ning ^a,b   Wang, Yanfen ^a   Kardol, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cultivation; N mineralization rate; Old field; Restoration; Soil carbon and nitrogen; Soil respiration; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OLD FIELD; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 80051670064     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0822-y     Document Type: Article

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