The influence of drought and natural rewetting on nitrogen dynamics in a coniferous ecosystem in Ireland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 445-451

  Ryana, Miriam G ^a   O'Toole, P ^a   Farrell, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidification pulse; Drought; Nitrogen mineralisation; Norway spruce; Roof experiment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WETTING;

ACIDIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRELAND; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PH; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IRELAND;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0032441905     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)80067-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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