Human and climate impact on 15N natural abundance of plants and soils in high-mountain ecosystems: A short review and two examples from the Eastern Pamirs and Mt. Kilimanjaro

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-296

  Zech, Michael ^a   Bimüller, Carolin ^b   Hemp, Andreas ^a   Samimi, Cyrus ^c   Broesike, Christina ^a   Hörold, Claudia ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

15N; Biogeochemistry; Eastern pamirs; Isotope ecology; Mt. Kilimanjaro; Nitrogen cycle; Pasturing; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEGRADATION; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL; TAJIKISTAN;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; SOIL; TAJIKISTAN;

KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; PAMIRS; TANZANIA;

EID: 80052408415     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.596277     Document Type: Review

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