Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6910, 2002, Pages 915-917

  Neff, Jason C ^a   Townsend, Alan R ^b   Gleixner, Gerd ^c   Lehman, Scott J ^b   Turnbull, Jocelyn ^b   Bowman, William D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE;

SOILS;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPENTENONE DERIVATIVE; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TURNOVER TIME;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 0037206825     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01136     Document Type: Article

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