Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 808-824

  Borken, Werner ^a   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C mineralization; Drying; N mineralization; Nitrate leaching; Precipitation; Soil moisture; Soil organic carbon; Soil respiration; Wetting

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WETTING;

EID: 61449153027     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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