Controls over nitric oxide and ammonia emissions from Mojave Desert soils

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 871-881

  McCalley, Carmody K ^a   Sparks, Jed P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Larrea tridentata; Microbial activity; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

AMMONIA; ANGIOSPERM; EMISSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; LARREA; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DESERT CLIMATE; LARREA; NEVADA; NITRIC OXIDE; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 46949088306     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1031-0     Document Type: Article

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