Combination of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization enhance ecosystem carbon sequestration in a nitrogen-limited temperate plantation of Northern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 341, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-66

  Zeng, Wenjing ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Net ecosystem production; Net primary production; Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization; Nutrient limitation; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREE PLANTING;

CARBON; CHELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

CHINA; HEBEI;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84922563631     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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