Nitrogen dynamics and soil nitrate retention in a Coffea arabica-Eucalyptus deglupta agroforestry system in Southern Costa Rica

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-139

  Harmand, Jean Michel ^a   Ávila, Hector ^b   Dambrine, Etienne ^c   Skiba, Ute ^d   De Miguel, Sergio ^e   Renderos, Reina Vanessa ^b   Oliver, Robert ^a   Jiménez, Francisco ^b   Beer, John ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrisol (Ultisol); Coffee agroforestry; N mineralization; N2O emissions; Nitrate adsorption; Nitrate leaching; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ACRISOL; ADSORPTION; AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; COFFEE; EMISSION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT LOSS; RUNOFF; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL; WATER POLLUTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

COFFEA ARABICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DEGLUPTA;

EID: 34547108818     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9120-4     Document Type: Article

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