Impacts of burning and increased nitrogen deposition on nitrogen pools and leaching in an upland moor

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1195-1207

  Pilkington, Michael G ^a,b   Caporn, Simon J M ^a   Carroll, Jacky A ^a   Cresswell, Neil ^a   Phoenix, Gareth K ^b   Lee, John A ^b   Emmett, Bridget A ^c   Sparks, Tim ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Moorland burning; Nitrogen content; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen leaching

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BURNING; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOORLAND; NITROGEN; SOIL HORIZON; UPLAND REGION;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 35448977329     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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