Different types of nitrogen deposition show variable effects on the soil carbon cycle process of temperate forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3222-3228

  Du, Yuhan ^a   Guo, Peng ^a   Liu, Jianqiu ^a   Wang, Chunyu ^a   Yang, Ning ^a   Jiao, Zhenxia ^a  

^a Hebei College of Industry and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Enzymatic activity; Forest soil; Inorganic nitrogen; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen deposition; Organic nitrogen; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; INORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; ENZYME; GLYCINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SOIL; UREA;

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; FOREST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOIL;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ENZYMES; FORESTS; GLYCINE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL; UREA;

EID: 84901597015     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12555     Document Type: Article

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