Pathways and dynamics of 15NO3- and 15NH4+ applied in a mountain Picea abies forest and in a nearby meadow in central Switzerland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1645-1657

  Providoli, Isabelle ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Siegwolf, Rolf ^c   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Schleppi, Patrick ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Ammonium; Gleysol; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES;

15N TRACER; AMMONIUM; GLEYSOL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

DEPOSITION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; TRACER;

BIOMASS; PICEA ABIES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33746012319     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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