Nitrogen mineralization in two unpolluted old-growth forests of contrasting biodiversity and dynamics

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-373

  Pérez, Cecilia A ^a,b,c   Hedin, Lars O ^a   Armesto, Juan J ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Chiloe Inst the Invest of Ecol   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fitzroya; In situ soil incubations; Laboratory soil incubations; Net N mineralization; Nitrification; Nothofagus; Seasonal patterns; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000330712     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900030     Document Type: Article

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