Nitrogen deposition promotes ecosystem carbon accumulation by reducing soil carbon emission in a subtropical forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 361-371

  Fan, Houbao ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a   Liu, Wenfei ^a   Yuan, Yinghong ^a   Huang, Rongzhen ^a   Liao, Yingchun ^a   Li, Yanyan ^a  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Chinese fir; Net ecosystem production; Nitrogen addition; Soil respiration; Tropical and subtropical regions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 84899946733     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2076-y     Document Type: Article

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