Pulse additions of soil carbon and nitrogen affect soil nitrogen dynamics in an arid Colorado Plateau shrubland

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 425-433

  Schaeffer, Sean M ^a,b   Evans, R D ^b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; Biogeochemical cycles; Denitrification; Mineralization; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UTAH;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044470144     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0140-2     Document Type: Article

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