Effects of land cover and soil properties on denitrification potential in soils of two semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-101

  Wu, X ^a,b   Liu, G ^a   Butterbach Bahl, K ^b   Fu, B ^a   Zheng, X ^c   Bruggemann N ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

N2O pulse emissions; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrous oxide; Steppe

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84875240552     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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