Effect of nitrogen deposition on China's terrestrial carbon uptake in the context of multifactor environmental changes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-75

  Lu, Chaoqun ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Liu, Mingliang ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Xu, Xiaofeng ^a   Chen, Guangsheng ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; China; Dynamic land ecosystem model; Nitrogen deposition; Terrestrial ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; GROWTH RATE; LAND SURFACE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 84863366456     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1685.1     Document Type: Article

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