Denitrification in the top and sub soil of grassland on peat soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Koops, J G ^a   Oenema, O ^a   Van Beusichem, M L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

denitrification; grassland; N losses; peat; sub soil; top soil

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; PEAT; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0030301692     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029269     Document Type: Article

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