Nitrate leaching in coniferous forest ecosystems: The European field-scale manipulation experiments NITREX (nitrogen saturation experiments) and EXMAN (experimental manipulation of forest ecosystems)

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-626

  Tietema, Albert ^a   Beier, Claus ^b   De Visser, Pieter H B ^c   Emmett, Bridget A ^d   Gundersen, Per ^e   Kjønaas, O Janne ^f   Koopmans, Chris J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g Michael Fields Agricultural Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; EXMAN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITRATE LEACHING; NITREX;

EID: 0031429163     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB01628     Document Type: Article

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