Gross nitrification and denitrification in alpine grassland ecosystems on the tibetan plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-196

  Lu, Xuyang ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Fan, Jihui ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84861498252     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.2.188     Document Type: Article

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