The fate of 15N-labelled nitrogen deposition in coniferous forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Tietema, Albert ^a   Emmett, Bridget A ^b   Gundersen, Per ^c   Janne Kjonaas O ^d   Koopmans, Chris J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Michael Fields Agricultural Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Coniferous forest ecosystem; NITREX; Nitrogen; Soil retention

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NITREX PROJECT; NITROGEN;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032006099     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00123-0     Document Type: Article

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