The consequences of chronic nitrogen additions on N cycling and soilwater chemistry in a Sitka spruce stand, North Wales

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 165-175

  Emmett, B A ^a   Reynolds, B ^a   Silgram, M ^b   Sparks, T H ^a   Woods, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; N deposition; Nitrate leaching; NITREX; Nitrification; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL WATER; SPRUCE STNAD;

UK, WALES, GWYNNED, ABER FOREST;

EID: 0032006845     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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