Temporal variations of biomass, carbon and nitrogen of roots under different tree species

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-16

  Akburak, Serdar ^a   Oral, Hasan Volkan ^b   Ozdemir, Emrah ^a   Makineci, Ender ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

C N ratio; carbon sequestration; forest tree; garden experiment; root diameter classes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; C/N RATIO; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; FINE ROOTS; FOREST TREE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ORIENTAL SPRUCE; PINUS NIGRA ARNOLD; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; ROOT BIOMASS; ROOT DIAMETERS; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL CHANGES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE SPECIES; TURKISHS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; NITROGEN; ROOTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ORIENTALIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84870463298     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.679680     Document Type: Article

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