Long-term trends in nitrogen isotope composition and nitrogen concentration in Brazilian rainforest trees suggest changes in nitrogen cycle

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1191-1196

  Hietz, Peter ^a   Dünisch, Oliver ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Meisterschule Ebern ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BIG-LEAF MAHOGANY; BOREAL FORESTS; DIRECT SIGNAL; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM TREND; N CYCLING; N DEPOSITION; N-COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN SOURCES; TREE AGE; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFOREST; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST DYNAMICS; NITROGEN CYCLE; TAIGA; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WOOD;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TREES;

CEDRELA; FORESTS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SAP WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRAZIL; SPAIN;

CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 77249177639     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901383g     Document Type: Article

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