Nitrogen retention in semiarid ecosystems across a soil organic-matter gradient

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 878-890

  Barrett, J E ^a,b   Burke, I C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Fine textured vs. coarse textured soil; Nitrogen; Nitrogen retention; Particulate organic matter (POM); Semiarid grasslands; Soil organic matter (SOM)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036628282     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0878:NRISEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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