N2O emission in a Norway spruce forest due to soil frost: Concentration and isotope profiles shed a new light on an old story

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Goldberg, Stefanie Daniela ^a   Borken, Werner ^a   Gebauer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; 18O; N2O; N2O consumption; Soil frost; Stable isotopes; Thawing

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SNOW COVER; SOIL AIR; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FICHTELGEBIRGE;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 75849148960     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9294-z     Document Type: Article

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