Effect of soil mixing on nitrification rates in soils of two deciduous forests of Vermont, USA

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Kaur, Amninder J ^a   Ross, Donald S ^a   Fredriksen, Guinevere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest soils; Gross nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Soil nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFICATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

SLEEPERS RIVER; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 77952429416     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0253-1     Document Type: Article

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