Root inclusion net method: Novel approach to determine fine root production and turnover in Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr plantation in North China

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 388-398

  Wang, Xiyang ^a   Ma, Lvyi ^a   Jia, Zhongkui ^a   Jia, Liming ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fine root turnover; Plantation; Root inclusion net method; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

FINE ROOTS; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; PLANTATION; ROOT INCLUSION NET METHOD; SEQUENTIAL CORING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FINE ROOT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON;

CHINA;

EID: 84895727958     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1303-90     Document Type: Article

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