Fire is more important than water for nitrogen fluxes in semi-arid forests

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Johnson, D W ^a   Susfalk, R B ^a   Dahlgren, R A ^b   Klopatek, J M ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Fire; Leaching; N fixation; Nitrogen; Semi arid forests; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002097015     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(98)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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