Responses of plant-soil properties to increasing N deposition and implications for large-scale eco-restoration in the semiarid grassland of the northern Loess Plateau, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Han, Xiangwei ^a   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^b   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^b   Shao, Hongbo ^c,d  

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

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eco restoration; Grassland ecosystem; N cycle; Soil organic carbon; Stipa bungeana

Indexed keywords

ECO-RESTORATION; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; N CYCLES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EXPERIMENTS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TISSUE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84881502484     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.053     Document Type: Article

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