Land-use type and temperature affect gross nitrogen transformation rates in Chinese and Canadian soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 377-389

  Lang, Man ^a,b   Cai, Zu Cong ^b   Mary, Bruno ^c   Hao, Xiying ^d   Chang, Scott X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N dilution technique; Immobilization; Land use type; Mineralization; Nitrification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; LAND USE; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; CHINA;

EID: 77955841405     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0389-z     Document Type: Article

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