Losses in carbon and nitrogen stocks in soil particle-size fractions along cultivation chronosequences in inner mongolian grasslands

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1507-1516

  He, Nianpeng ^a,b   Zhang, Yunhai ^b   Dai, Jingzhong ^c   Han, Xingguo ^d   Yu, Guirui ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CLAY FRACTIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; SAND FRACTION; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SOIL FRACTIONS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOTAL NITROGEN;

SILT;

PARTICLE SIZE;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CROPLAND; GRASSLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84869391313     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0258     Document Type: Article

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