Reforestation of Pinus massoniana alters soil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in eroded soil in south China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-160

  Dou, Xiaolin ^a,b   Deng, Qi ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Wang, Weibo ^a   Zhang, Quanfa ^a   Cheng, Xiaoli ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Pinus massoniana; Red soil; Reforestation; Soil fraction; Soil organic C and N

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DECAY RATE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ERODED SOILS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; N DYNAMICS; N VALUE; ORGANIC SOIL; PINUS MASSONIANA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RED SOILS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FRACTIONS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN; SOIL SAMPLE; SOUTH CHINA; STAND AGE;

DECAY (ORGANIC); DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; REFORESTATION;

SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RED SOIL; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STAND STRUCTURE;

CHINA; DECAY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; PINUS MASSONIANA; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

CHANGTING; CHINA; FUJIAN;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84873045970     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.099     Document Type: Article

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