Labile organic C and N mineralization of soil aggregate size classes in semiarid grasslands as affected by grazing management

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-313

  Wu, Honghui ^a,b,d   Wiesmeier, Martin ^b   Yu, Qiang ^c   Steffens, Markus ^b   Han, Xinguo ^a,c   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Inner Mongolia; Microbial biomass carbon; Semiarid grassland; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MINERALIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84857919360     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0627-4     Document Type: Article

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