Volume 340, Issue 1-2

March 2011

Special Issue: Steppe ecosystems and climate and land use changes—vulnerability, feedbacks and possibilities for adaptation

Issue Editors:

Klaus Butterbach-Bahl,
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner,
Xingguo Han

39 articles in this issue

Steppe ecosystems and climate and land-use changes—vulnerability, feedbacks and possibilities for adaptation
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Xingguo Han
Editorial 08 February 2011 Pages: 1 - 6
Digital mapping of soil organic matter stocks using Random Forest modeling in a semi-arid steppe ecosystem
Martin Wiesmeier
Frauke Barthold
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Regular Article 30 May 2010 Pages: 7 - 24
¹⁵N fractionation between vegetation, soil, faeces and wool is not influenced by stocking rate
Maximilian H. O. M. Wittmer
Karl Auerswald
Hans Schnyder
Regular Article 06 May 2010 Pages: 25 - 33
Grazing changes topography-controlled topsoil properties and their interaction on different spatial scales in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, P.R. China
Angelika Kölbl
Markus Steffens
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Regular Article 03 July 2010 Pages: 35 - 58
Influence of grazing on hydraulic and mechanical properties of semiarid steppe soils under different vegetation type in Inner Mongolia, China
Agnieszka Reszkowska
Julia Krümmelbein
Lei Gan
Regular Article 12 May 2010 Pages: 59 - 72
Spatial and temporal variation of soil moisture in dependence of multiple environmental parameters in semi-arid grasslands
Katrin Schneider
Ulrich Leopold
Lutz Breuer
Regular Article 15 January 2011 Pages: 73 - 88
Response of soil moisture and temperature to grazing intensity in a Leymus chinensis steppe, Inner Mongolia
Ying Zhao
Stephan Peth
Rainer Horn
Regular Article 22 June 2010 Pages: 89 - 102
Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem
Philipp Schönbach
Hongwei Wan
Friedhelm Taube
Regular Article 01 April 2010 Pages: 103 - 115
Effects of livestock grazing intensity on soil biota in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia
Sha Qi
Haixia Zheng
Xiaorong Zhao
Regular Article 11 June 2010 Pages: 117 - 126
Feedback of grazing on gross rates of N mineralization and inorganic N partitioning in steppe soils of Inner Mongolia
Honghui Wu
Michael Dannenmann
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Regular Article 22 September 2010 Pages: 127 - 139
Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China
Shuxia Zheng
Zhichun Lan
Yongfei Bai
Regular Article 07 April 2010 Pages: 141 - 155
Nitrogen availability in a grazed semi-arid grassland is dominated by seasonal rainfall
Marcus Giese
Ying Zhi Gao
Holger Brueck
Regular Article 05 August 2010 Pages: 157 - 167
Grazing effects on seasonal dynamics and interannual variabilities of spectral reflectance in semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia
Liya Fan
Bettina Ketzer
Christian Bernhofer
Regular Article 09 June 2010 Pages: 169 - 180
Spatiotemporal variability of grassland vegetation cover in a catchment in Inner Mongolia, China, derived from MODIS data products
David Schaffrath
Frauke Katrin Barthold
Christian Bernhofer
Regular Article 02 July 2010 Pages: 181 - 198
Plant responses following grazing removal at different stocking rates in an Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem
Yanshu Liu
Qingmin Pan
Xingguo Han
Regular Article 23 June 2010 Pages: 199 - 213
Effects of grazing management system on plant community structure and functioning in a semiarid steppe: scaling from species to community
Hongwei Wan
Yongfei Bai
Friedhelm Taube
Regular Article 24 November 2010 Pages: 215 - 226
Tradeoffs between nitrogen- and water-use efficiency in dominant species of the semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia
Xiao Ying Gong
Qing Chen
Hans Schnyder
Regular Article 18 August 2010 Pages: 227 - 238
Effects of fertilization and irrigation on productivity, plant nutrient contents and soil nutrients in southern Mongolia
Katrin Ronnenberg
Karsten Wesche
Regular Article 19 May 2010 Pages: 239 - 251
Above and belowground net primary productivity of grassland influenced by supplemental water and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia
Jiangzhou Li
Shan Lin
Klaus Dittert
Regular Article 21 October 2010 Pages: 253 - 264
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutritional status of semiarid steppe grassland in Inner Mongolia
Xiao Ying Gong
Qing Chen
Shan Lin
Regular Article 23 September 2010 Pages: 265 - 278
Short-term regrowth responses of four steppe grassland species to grazing intensity, water and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia
Nicole Fanselow
Philipp Schönbach
Klaus Dittert
Regular Article 19 January 2011 Pages: 279 - 289
Annual emissions of greenhouse gases from sheepfolds in Inner Mongolia
Weiwei Chen
Benjamin Wolf
Xunhua Zheng
Regular Article 16 April 2010 Pages: 291 - 301
Complementarity in water sources among dominant species in typical steppe ecosystems of Inner Mongolia, China
Hao Yang
Karl Auerswald
Xingguo Han
Regular Article 26 February 2010 Pages: 303 - 313
Seasonal patterns of belowground biomass and productivity in mountain grasslands in the Pyrenees
Jordi Garcia-Pausas
Pere Casals
Maria-Teresa Sebastià
Regular Article 13 October 2010 Pages: 315 - 326
Arbuscular mycorrhizas in southeastern Australian processing tomato farm soils
Timothy Richard Cavagnaro
Ashley W. Martin
Regular Article 06 November 2010 Pages: 327 - 336
Important foliar traits depend on species-grouping: analysis of a remnant temperate forest at the Keerqin Sandy Lands, China
Fu-Sheng Chen
Karl J. Niklas
De-Hui Zeng
Regular Article 20 October 2010 Pages: 337 - 345
Soil microbial community responses to the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium in Italian ryegrass
Cecilia Casas
Marina Omacini
Olga Susana Correa
Regular Article 21 October 2010 Pages: 347 - 355
The contribution of mineralization to grassland N uptake on peatland soils with anthropogenic A horizons
Matthijs P. W. Sonneveld
Egbert A. Lantinga
Regular Article 03 November 2010 Pages: 357 - 368
Cowpea N rhizodeposition and its below-ground transfer to a co-existing and to a subsequent millet crop on a sandy soil of the Sudano-Sahelian eco-zone
Guillaume Laberge
Bettina I. G. Haussmann
Henning Høgh-Jensen
Regular Article 04 November 2010 Pages: 369 - 382
Short-term simulated nitrogen deposition increases carbon sequestration in a Pleioblastus amarus plantation
Li-Hua Tu
Ting-Xing Hu
Shou-Hua Luo
Regular Article 20 October 2010 Pages: 383 - 396
The effects of biomass removal and N additions on microbial N transformations and biomass at different vegetation types in an old-field ecosystem in northern China
Changhui Wang
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Xuerong Xing
Regular Article 20 October 2010 Pages: 397 - 411
Endophytic and rhizoplane bacteria associated with Cytisus striatus growing on hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil: isolation and characterisation
Cristina Becerra-Castro
Petra Susan Kidd
Jaco Vangronsveld
Regular Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 413 - 433
Significant contribution of boron stored in seeds to initial growth of rice seedlings
Shimpei Uraguchi
Toru Fujiwara
Regular Article 04 November 2010 Pages: 435 - 442
Oxidative damages of maize seedlings caused by exposure to a combination of potassium deficiency and salt stress
Xiaolan Gong
Liu Chao
Hong Fashui
Regular Article 30 October 2010 Pages: 443 - 452
Soil quality as affected by tillage-residue management in a wheat-maize irrigated bed planting system
Nele Verhulst
Fabian Kienle
Bram Govaerts
Regular Article 06 November 2010 Pages: 453 - 466
Conservation agriculture for wheat-based cropping systems under gravity irrigation: increasing resilience through improved soil quality
Nele Verhulst
Adrian Carrillo-García
Bram Govaerts
Regular Article 03 November 2010 Pages: 467 - 479
Glomus intraradices and Gigaspora margarita arbuscular mycorrhizal associations differentially affect nitrogen and potassium nutrition of Plantago lanceolata in a low fertility dune soil
Stavros D. Veresoglou
Liz J. Shaw
Robin Sen
Regular Article 10 November 2010 Pages: 481 - 490
Soil microbial communities from an elevational cline differ in their effect on conifer seedling growth
Cameron Wagg
Brian C. Husband
R. Larry Peterson
Regular Article 03 November 2010 Pages: 491 - 504
Screening for candidate bacterial biocontrol agents against soilborne fungal plant pathogens
Clara Pliego
Cayo Ramos
Francisco M. Cazorla
Review Article 06 November 2010 Pages: 505 - 520

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