Potential for assessing long-term dynamics in soil nitrogen availability from variations in δ15N of tree rings

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-28

  Hart, S C ^a   Classen, A T ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Nitrogen 15; Nitrogen cycling; Ponderosa pine; Soil water availability; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RAIN;

NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL NITROGEN; TREE; TREE RING; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PINE; SOIL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; RAIN; SOIL;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; TAXUS;

EID: 0038345157     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025601031000102206     Document Type: Article

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