Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil carbon fractions in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Li, Jin Hua ^a   Yang, Yu Jie ^a   Li, Bo Wen ^a   Li, Wen Jin ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; NITROGEN; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET;

EID: 84904988871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103266     Document Type: Article

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