The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration in European forests and forest soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1151-1173

  De Vries, Wim ^a   Reinds, Gert Jan ^a   Gundersen, Per ^b   Sterba, Hubert ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon pools; Carbon sequestration; European scale; Forest; Forest growth; Forest soils; Intensive monitoring plots; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen retention

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745187113     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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