The Role of Leaching in Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Distributions in Subalpine Coniferous Forests on Gongga Mountain, Southwest China
Xiaoli He,
Yaning Wang,
Junbo He
et al.
Abstract:To explore the role of leaching in mountainous nutrient cycling, we investigated the altitudinal distribution of soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in the subalpine coniferous forest ranging from 2628 to 3044 m on the eastern slope of Mt. Gongga. The results revealed that concentrations of C and N, as well as the atomic ratios of C:N and N:P, showed no significant difference among the sampling sites (p > 0.05) in O horizons. The concentrations of P in O horizons increased gradually with altit… Show more
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