Nitrogen loss from unpolluted South American forests mainly via dissolved organic compounds

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6870, 2002, Pages 416-419

  Perakis, Steven S ^a,b   Hedin, Lars O ^a,c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; NITROGEN;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037165159     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415416a     Document Type: Article

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