δ15N constraints on long-term nitrogen balances in temperate forests

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 793-807

  Perakis, Steven S ^a   Sinkhorn, Emily R ^b   Compton, Jana E ^c  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; N2 fixation; Nitrate; Soil; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EPIPHYTE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATE FOREST; WILDFIRE;

COAST RANGES; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OREGON; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 80054044944     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2016-y     Document Type: Article

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