Nitrogen dynamics of a mountain forest on dolomitic limestone - A scenario-based risk assessment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 512-516

  Jandl, R ^a   Herman, F ^a   Smidt, S ^a   Butterbach Bahl, K ^b   Englisch, M ^a   Katzensteiner, K ^d   Lexer, M ^d   Strebl, F ^c   Zechmeister Boltenstern, S ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dolomitic limestone; Global change; N2O emissions; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen dynamics

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SOILS; WATER;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE MODELLING; DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE; ELEVATED LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INCREASED TEMPERATURES; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; N TRANSFORMATION; N-DEPOSITION; N2O EMISSIONS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; PRESENT SITUATION; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

LIMESTONE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOLOMITE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRIA; BIOMASS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANT ROOTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 50049132846     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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