Soil detrital processes controlling the movement of 15N tracers to forest vegetation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-102

  Currie, William S ^a,c   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^a   Aber, John D ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Biogeochemistry; Decomposition; Forest floor; Humus; Isotope tracers; Leaching; Litterfall; Mineralization; N retention and saturation; Nitrification; Nutrient uptake, model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODEL; NITROGEN; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

EID: 0033081146     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2641170     Document Type: Article

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