Nitrogen transfer between high- and low-quality leaves on a nutrient-poor Oxisol determined by 15N enrichment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 787-794

  Schwendener, Carol M ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   De Camargo, Plinio B ^b   Luizão, Regina C C ^c   Fernandes, Erick C M ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

15N; Decomposition; Gliricidia sepium; Green mulch; Litter quality; Theobroma grandiflorum

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; SOILS;

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN TRANSFER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MULCH; SOIL NITROGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EMISSION; FORESTRY; LEAVES; NITROGEN; SOIL;

GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 12544256428     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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