Natural abundance of 15N in forests across a nitrogen deposition gradient

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 9-18

  Emmett, B A ^a   Kjonaas O J ^b   Gundersen, P ^c   Koopmans, C ^d   Tietema, A ^d   Sleep, D ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N; Forests; N Deposition; Natural abundance; Nitrate; NITREX

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITREX PROJECT; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EUROPE; UK, WALES, GWYNEDD, ABER FOREST;

EID: 0032005998     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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