Nitrogen isotopic patterns of vegetation as affected by breeding activity of Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassiostris): A coupled analysis of feces, inorganic soil nitrogen and flora

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2027-2033

  Mizota, C ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD MIGRATION; BREEDING ACTIVITIES; COUPLED ANALYSIS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXOTIC PLANTS; FOLIAR N; INORGANIC SOILS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC INFORMATION; ISOTOPIC PATTERN; MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION; N CONTENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; PINUS DENSIFLORA; SASA SENANENSIS; TREE SPECIES; TWO PARAMETER;

DOSIMETRY; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES;

SOILS;

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FECES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; TOPSOIL;

BREEDING; FORESTS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS; NITROGEN; PINUS DENSIFLORA; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS; LARUS; PINUS DENSIFLORA; SASA SENANENSIS;

EID: 70350564342     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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