Effects of decreasing water potential on gross ammonification and nitrification in an acid coniferous forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-338

  Chen, Yao Te ^a   Borken, Werner ^a   Stange, Claus Florian ^b   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N pool dilution technique; Forest soil; Norway spruce

Indexed keywords

AIR DRYING; CONIFEROUS FOREST SOILS; DETECTION LIMITS; DILUTION TECHNIQUE; DROUGHT PERIODS; DRY SOIL; FIELD CAPACITY; FIELD CONDITIONS; FOREST SOILS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GROSS NITRIFICATION; GROSS RATES; INCUBATION TIME; LOW RATES; NORWAY SPRUCE; RE-WETTING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER REGIME; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TURNOVER RATE; WATER POTENTIAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); LAKES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ACID SOIL; AMMONIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATE FOREST;

DRIERS; FORESTRY; LAKES; MOISTURE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PICEA ABIES; SOIL;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 78650677017     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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