Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2195-2204

  Miller, Amy E ^a,d   Schimel, Joshua P ^a   Meixner, Thomas ^b   Sickman, James O ^c   Melack, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

DOC; DON; Litter addition; Nitrate; Nitrification; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; WETTING;

DOC; DON; LITTER ADDITION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

SOILS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRIFICATION; REWETTING; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 28744442824     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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