Soil nitrogen mineralization and fate of (15NH4) 2SO4 in field-incubated soil in a hardwood plantation of subtropical Australia: The effect of mulching

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 389-397

  Huang, Zhiqun ^a   Xu, Zhihong ^a   Blumfield, Timothy J ^a   Chen, Chengrong ^a   Bubb, Ken ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forest Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N recovery; Fate of fertilized N; Hardwood plantation; In situ N mineralization; Mineral N; Mulching; Soil nitrogen mineralization; Subtropical Australia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFICATION; COLORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; MULCHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANTATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SULFATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 56749178652     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-008-0049-6     Document Type: Article

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