Large loss of dissolved organic nitrogen from nitrogen-saturated forests in subtropical China

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-45

  Fang, Yunting ^a,c   Zhu, Weixing ^b   Gundersen, Per ^c   Mo, Jiangming ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^a   Yoh, Muneoki ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOC and DON; Nitrogen additions; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Southern China; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SATURATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58849164326     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9203-7     Document Type: Article

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