A mechanism of abiotic immobilization of nitrate in forest ecosystems: The ferrous wheel hypothesis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-236

  Davidson, Eric A ^a   Chorover, Jon ^b   Dail, D Bryan ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON); Harvard Forest; Iron; Nitrogen; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

EID: 0037293681     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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