Nitrogen-15 signals of leaf-litter-soil continuum as a possible indicator of ecosystem nitrogen saturation by forest succession and N loads

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 251-263

  Fang, Huajun ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Cheng, Shulan ^b   Zhu, Tianhong ^b   Zheng, Jiaojiao ^b   Mo, Jiangming ^c   Yan, Junhua ^c   Luo, Yiqi ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance successional stages; N addition; N loss; N transformation; Subtropical China

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; EMISSION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MIXED FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LOSS; SATURATION; SUCCESSION; TRANSFORMATION;

CHINA;

EID: 78650306670     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9438-1     Document Type: Article

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