Nitrogen retention in Urban lawns and forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1615-1626

  Raciti, S M ^a   Groffman, P M ^b   Fahey, T J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Atmospheric N deposition; Baltimore (Maryland, USA) lawns and forests; Development and urban watersheds; Forests; Lawns and ecosystem processes; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen retention; Soil; Turfgrass; Urban

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TREE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BALTIMORE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POACEAE; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55949120453     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1062.1     Document Type: Article

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