Responses of CO2 efflux from an alpine meadow soil on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau to multi-form and low-level N addition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 177-190

  Fang, Huajun ^a   Cheng, Shulan ^b,e   Yu, Guirui ^a   Zheng, Jiaojiao ^b   Zhang, Peilei ^b   Xu, Minjie ^b   Li, Yingnian ^c   Yang, Xueming ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^d HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Atmospheric N deposition; Driving factors; Soil N availability

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AMMONIUM; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEADOW; NITRATE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84856468551     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0942-4     Document Type: Article

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