Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil net nitrogen mineralization in the meadow steppe of inner Mongolia, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Xing Ren ^a,b   Ren, Jian Qiang ^a   Li, Sheng Gong ^c   Zhang, Qing Wen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; MINERAL; SOIL;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MONGOLIA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STEPPE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINERALS; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 84942047460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134039     Document Type: Article

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