Decomposing litter and the C and N dynamics as affected by N additions in a semi-arid temperate steppe, Inner Mongolia of China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 432-444

  Peng, Qin ^a   Qi, YuChun ^a   Dong, YunShe ^a   He, YaTing ^a,b   Xiao, ShengSheng ^c   Liu, XinChao ^a,b   Sun, LiangJie ^a,b   Jia, JunQiang ^a,b   Guo, ShuFang ^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 Jiangxi Provincial Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

C sequestration; litter decomposition; N deposition; N form; N level; semi arid temperate grassland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899140545     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-014-0002-z     Document Type: Article

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