Stimulation of terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage by nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yue, Kai ^a,b   Peng, Yan ^a   Peng, Changhui ^b,c   Yang, Wanqin ^a   Peng, Xin ^d   Wu, Fuzhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; SOIL;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84955483625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19895     Document Type: Article

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