Timing patterns of nitrogen application alter plant production and CO2 efflux in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China

Pedobiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 4-6, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Zong, Ning ^a,b   Song, Minghua ^a   Shi, Peili ^a   Jiang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Xianzhou ^a   Shen, Zhenxi ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Alpine meadow; Ecosystem CO2 efflux; Soil microbial biomass carbon; Timing of nitrogen application

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; MEADOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84922292281     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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