Natural 15N abundance in two nitrogen saturated forest ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 470-480

  Koopmans, C J ^a   Van Dam, D ^b   Tietema, A ^a   Verstraten, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

15N; N saturation; Natural abundance; Pinus sylvestris; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030801902     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050260     Document Type: Article

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