Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 224-233

  Lang, Anne C ^a   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^b   Yang, Bo ^c   Trogisch, Stefan ^d   Bruelheide, Helge ^d,e   Ma, Keping ^c   Härdtle, Werner ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N tracer experiment; Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Complementarity; Native species; Niche; Species combination; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEARCUTTING; COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MIXED FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RECHARGE; SOIL EROSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACER;

CHINA;

EID: 84892519785     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12157     Document Type: Article

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