Carbon and nitrogen in Danish forest soils - Contents and distribution determined by soil order

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Vejre, Henrik ^a   Callesen, Ingeborg ^b   Vesterdal, Lars ^b   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLAY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN;

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

SOILS;

FOREST SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

DENMARK;

EID: 0037238917     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.3350     Document Type: Article

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