Comparison of soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in a mixed grassland and forested ecosystem in central Taiwan

Plant and Soil

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Owen, Jeffrey S ^a   Wang, Ming Kuang ^b   Sun, Hai Lin ^b   King, Hen Biau ^c   Wang, Chung Ho ^a   Chuang, Chin Fang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Forest; Grassland; Net mineralization rate; Net nitrification rate; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

TAIWAN;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS TRANSMORRISONENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CHINENSIS; YUSHANIA; YUSHANIA NIITAKAYAMENSIS;

EID: 0037939741     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022980731416     Document Type: Article

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