Nitrogen deposition influences nitrogen isotope composition in soil and needles of Pinus massoniana forests along an urban-rural gradient in the Pearl River Delta of south China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Kuang, Yuanwen ^a   Sun, Fangfang ^a,b   Wen, Dazhi ^a   Xu, Zhihong ^c   Huang, Longbin ^d   Li, Jiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Forest soil; Nitrogen deposition; Pine needle; Pinus massoniana

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RURAL AREA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; URBAN REGION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 79956002227     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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