Soil nitrogen and carbon determine the trade-off of the above- and below-ground biomass across alpine grasslands, Tibetan Plateau

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 1070-1076

  Sun, Jian ^a   Wang, Haiming ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Alpine grassland; Alpine meadow; Alpine steppe; Belowground biomass; Climate factors; Soil properties; Tibetan Plateau; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE GRASSLANDS; ALPINE MEADOW; ALPINE STEPPE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE FACTORS; SOIL PROPERTY; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRADE OFF;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; MEADOW; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; STEPPE; THRESHOLD; TRADE-OFF; TRANSECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84942474468     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.038     Document Type: Article

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