Soil carbon and nitrogen fractions in the soil profile and their response to long-term nitrogen fertilization in a wheat field

Catena

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-46

  Zhong, Yangquanwei ^a   Yan, Weiming ^a   Shangguan, Zhouping ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fertilization; Sensitivity; Soil carbon fraction; Soil nitrogen fraction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TOPSOIL; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84938096425     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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