Relationships among mineralizable soil nitrogen, soil properties, and climatic indices

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1218-1227

  Dessureault Rompré, Jacynthe ^a   Zebarth, Berníe J ^a   Burton, David L ^b   Sharifi, Mehdi ^b   Cooper, Julia ^c   Grant, Cynthia A ^d   Drury, Craig F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC INCUBATION; ARABLE SOILS; CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CLIMATIC INDEX; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; CROP UPTAKE; DECOMPOSERS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; N MINERALIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATOLOGY; CURVE FITTING; FORESTRY; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ARABLE LAND; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA;

EID: 77954604566     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0213     Document Type: Article

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