Changes in soil N mineralization and nitrification pathways along a mixed forest chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1284-1292

  Trap, Jean ^a   Bureau, Fabrice ^a   Vinceslas Akpa, Marthe ^a   Chevalier, Richard ^b   Aubert, Michaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Autotrophic nitrification; Co Inertia Analysis; Fungal nitrification; Heterotrophic bacterial nitrification; Humic epipedon; Managed forest; Potential net N mineralization; Stand maturation

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC NITRIFICATION; CO-INERTIA ANALYSIS; FUNGAL NITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL NITRIFICATION; HUMIC EPIPEDON; MANAGED FOREST; POTENTIAL NET N MINERALIZATION; STAND MATURATION;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; LIGHTING; MINERALOGY; MINING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS;

NITRIFICATION;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUNGUS; INCUBATION; ION EXCHANGE; MATURATION; MINERALIZATION; MIXED FOREST; NITRIFICATION; SOIL NITROGEN; TOPSOIL;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CATIONS; DISSOLVING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUNGI; ILLUMINATION; MINING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPINUS;

EID: 69049105259     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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