Differential responses of short-term soil respiration dynamics to the experimental addition of nitrogen and water in the temperate semi-arid steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 834-845

  Qi, Yuchun ^a   Liu, Xinchao ^a,b   Dong, Yunshe ^a   Peng, Qin ^a   He, Yating ^c   Sun, Liangjie ^a,b   Jia, Junqiang ^a,b   Cao, Congcong ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

N addition; Short term response; Simulated rainfall; Soil respiration; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOILS;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; OBSERVATION PERIOD; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SHORT-TERM RESPONSE; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE STEPPE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL RESPIRATION; STEPPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; N ADDITION; SHORT-TERM RESPONSE; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE STEPPE;

N ADDITION; SHORT-TERM RESPONSE; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE STEPPE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84898655878     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60509-4     Document Type: Article

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