Net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification of different landscape positions in a lowland subtropical rainforest in Taiwan

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-331

  Tsui, Chun Chih ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Landscape position; Lowland subtropical rainforest; Net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification; Soil microbial biomass; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953228150     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2010.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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