Natural 15N abundance in two nitrogen saturated forest ecosystems at Solling, Germany

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 515-522

  Sah, S P ^a,b,c   Brumme, R ^a,b  

^a Inst of Soil Sci and Forest Nutr   (Germany)

^b Inst Pudy/Vyzivy Lesa   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

15N; Beech forest; Isotopes; Precipitation; Soil; Spruce forest

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOILS;

ORGANIC SOIL HORIZON; ORGANIC SURFACE LAYER; SEEPAGE WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PICEA; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; SOIL;

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 2342464971     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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