Soil Amendment Improves Tree Growth and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Mongolian Pine Plantations on Post-Mining Land in Northeast China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 807-812

  Hu, Ya Lin ^a   Niu, Zhi Xin ^b   Zeng, De Hui ^a   Wang, Cheng Yi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Forestry Research Institution of Heilongjiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Mine reclamation; Natural stable isotope; Placer gold mine; Soil N availability; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; GOLD MINES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PLACER MINING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

INTRINSIC WATER-USE EFFICIENCIES; MINE RECLAMATION; MINING ACTIVITIES; MONGOLIAN PINE PLANTATIONS; N AVAILABILITY; REGION OF NORTHEAST CHINAS; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SOILS;

GOLD MINE; GROWTH RATE; LAND RECLAMATION; MINING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84946479062     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2386     Document Type: Article

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