Nitrate leaching in forest ecosystems is related to forest floor C/N ratios

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 403-407

  Gundersen, P ^a   Callesen, I ^a   De Vries, W ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Forest floor; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen deposition; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEACHING; NITRATE;

COLD CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EUROPE; FOREST; HEALTH SURVEY; LEACHING; NITROGEN BALANCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0032417543     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)80060-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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