Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio is a poor predictor of low molecular weight organic nitrogen mineralization in soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1750-1752

  Roberts, P ^a   Stockdale, R ^a   Khalid, M ^a,b   Iqbal, Z ^a,c   Jones, D L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ammonification; Carbon mineralization; Dissolved organic nitrogen; DON; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFICATION; CARBON MINERALIZATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DON; NITROGEN CYCLING;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; SOILS; SULFUR;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

AMINO ACID; CARBON; GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 67650034206     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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