Plant carbon substrate supply regulated soil nitrogen dynamics in a tallgrass prairie in the Great Plains, USA: Results of a clipping and shading experiment

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Cheng, Xiaoli ^a,b   Luo, Yiqi ^b   Su, Bo ^b   Wan, Shiqiang ^c   Hui, Dafeng ^d   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

N mineralization; N nitrification; plant C substrate supply; soil microclimate; soil respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955194764     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr024     Document Type: Article

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