Alterations of nitrogen dynamics under elevated carbon dioxide in an intact Mojave desert ecosystem: Evidence from nitrogen-15 natural abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 463-467

  Billings, S A ^a   Schaeffer, S M ^a   Zitzer, S ^b   Charlet, T ^c   Smith, S D ^c   Evans, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen isotopes; Soil microbial activity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DESERT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LYCIUM; PLEURAPHIS RIGIDA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0036942551     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0898-4     Document Type: Article

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