The role of vegetation and litter in the nitrogen dynamics of riparian buffer zones in Europe

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 465-482

  Hefting, Mariet M ^a   Clement, Jean Christophe ^b,h   Bienkowski, Piotr ^c   Dowrick, David ^d   Guenat, Claire ^e   Butturini, Andrea ^f   Topa, Sorana ^g   Pinay, Gilles ^b,i   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Immobilization; Mineralization; N retention; Plant N uptake; Riparian buffers

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HERBACEOUS BUFFER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS;

VEGETATION;

BUFFER ZONE; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

RIPARIA;

EID: 20444398850     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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