Spatial variation in soil inorganic nitrogen across an arid urban ecosystem

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 251-273

  Hope, Diane ^a   Zhu, Weixing ^b   Gries, Corinna ^a   Oleson, Jacob ^c   Kaye, Jason ^d   Grimm, Nancy B ^d   Baker, Lawrence A ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ASU Police Department   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAP LTER; Desert; Integrated inventory; Soil NH 4 N; Soil NO 3 N N; Spatial autocorrelation; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144505164     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-005-3261-9     Document Type: Article

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