Correlation Between CO2 Efflux and Net Nitrogen Mineralization and Its Response to External C or N Supply in an Alpine Meadow Soil

Pedosphere

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 666-675

  Song, Ming Hua ^a,b   Jiang, Jing ^a,c   Xu, Xing Liang ^a   Shi, Pei Li ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Inorganic N; Labile C; Organic matter; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMOBILIZATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LITTER; MEADOW; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80052101007     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60169-0     Document Type: Article

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