Leaching of nitrate from temperate forests - Effects of air pollution and forest management

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-57

  Gundersen, Per ^a   Schmidt, Inger K ^a   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Disturbance; Forest management; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen saturation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CODES (STANDARDS); DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CLEAR-CUT; DISTURBANCE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN SATURATION;

NITRATES;

AIR POLLUTION; FORESTRY; NITRATES; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33744912759     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a05-015     Document Type: Article

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