N-transfer through aspen litter and feather moss layers after fertilization with ammonium nitrate and urea

Plant and Soil

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Startsev, N A ^a   Lieffers, V J ^a   Landhausser S M ^a   Velazquez Martinez, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest fertilization; Leaching; Moisture regime; Nitrogen; Nutrient uptake; Substrate effects

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM NITRATE; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; MOSS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE; UREA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 51449103626     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9657-6     Document Type: Article

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