Nitrogen and carbon mineralization of semi-arid shrubland soil exposed to long-term atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-615

  Vourlitis, George L ^a   Zorba, Gypsi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenostoma fasciculatum; Artemisia californica; Biogeochemistry; Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Global change; Salvia mellifera

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHAPARRAL; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; SALVIA; SALVIA MELLIFERA;

EID: 34447568329     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0137-y     Document Type: Article

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