Long-term effects of different land use types on C, N, and P stoichiometry and storage in subtropical ecosystems: A case study in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-181

  Gao, Yang ^a   He, Nianpeng ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Chen, Weiliang ^b   Wang, Qiufeng ^a  

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

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon threshold; Ecological stoichiometry; Land use; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON THRESHOLD; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; ORCHARD; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL TYPE; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

CHINA; JIANGXI; QIANYANZHOU;

EID: 84899575735     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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