Experimental snowpack reduction alters organic matter and net N mineralization potential of soil macroaggregates in a northern hardwood forest

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Steinweg, J Megan ^a,d   Fisk, Melany C ^a,e   McAlexander, Benjamin ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^b   Hardy, Janet P ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen mineralization potential; Snowpack; Soil aggregates; Soil freezing

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; MACROAGGREGATE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SNOWPACK; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 44649143864     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-008-0305-3     Document Type: Article

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