Temporal and spatial variation in soil resources in a deciduous woodland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 688-696

  Farley, R A ^a,b   Fitter, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nutrient heterogeneity; Phosphate; Soil pH; Soil solution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PLANT NUTRITION; ROOTING; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

HETEROGENEITY; PH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032799024     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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