Nitrogen effects on decomposition: A five-year experiment in eight temperate sites

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2633-2644

  Hobbie, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forest; Grassland; Immobilization; Lignin; Minnesota; Nitrogen; USA

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST; GRASSLAND; INHIBITION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIGNIN; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FERTILIZER; LIGNIN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SOIL; TIME; TREE;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 54549097132     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1119.1     Document Type: Article

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