Relation of fine root distribution to soil C in a Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation in subtropical China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 225-234

  Liao, Yingchun ^a,b,c   McCormack, M Luke ^a   Fan, Houbao ^b   Wang, Huimin ^a   Wu, Jianping ^b   Tu, Jie ^b   Liu, Wenfei ^b   Guo, Dali ^a  

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

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fine root C density; Fine root mass density; Fine roots; Soil C; Soil N

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84904322628     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2114-9     Document Type: Article

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