Above- and belowground ecosystem biomass, carbon and nitrogen allocation in recently afforested grassland and adjacent intensively managed grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 281-296

  Peichl, Matthias ^a,b   Leava, Natalie Anne ^a   Kiely, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometric equation; Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.); Black alder (Alnus glutinosa L.); Broadleaf forest; Fine roots; Land use change; Net nitrogen mineralization; Vegetation and soil carbon and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALLOMETRY; ASH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FINE ROOT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; PLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

IRELAND;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 83555179222     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0905-9     Document Type: Article

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