Nitrogen mineralization potential in rewetted soils from a semi-arid stream landscape, north-west Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  McIntyre, R E S ^a   Adams, M A ^b   Grierson, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flooding; Intermittent; Nutrient availability; Pilbara; Riparian; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; LANDSCAPE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; REWETTING; SEMIARID REGION; STREAM; TRANSFORMATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56949095412     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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