Mechanisms for retention of bioavailable nitrogen in volcanic rainforest soils

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 543-548

  Huygens, Dries ^a,b   Boeckx, Pascal ^b   Templer, Pamela ^c   Paulino, Leandro ^d   Van Cleemput, Oswald ^b   Oyarzún, Carlos ^a   Müller, Christoph ^e   Godoy, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 51849100442     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo252     Document Type: Article

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