Impacts of anthropogenic N additions on nitrogen mineralization from plant litter in exotic annual grasslands

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-32

  Sirulnik, Abby G ^a   Allen, Edith B ^a   Meixner, Thomas ^b   Allen, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MINERALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS;

EID: 33750953144     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.048     Document Type: Article

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