Nitrogen and phosphorus status and their influence on aboveground production under increasing nitrogen deposition in three successional forests

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-27

  Huang, Wen Juan ^a,b   Zhou, Guo Yi ^a   Liu, Ju Xiu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

N P ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Phosphorus limitation; Soil available nitrogen; Soil available phosphorus; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84867140004     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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