Soil Inorganic N Leaching in Edges of Different Forest Types Subject to High N Deposition Loads

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 818-834

  Wuyts, Karen ^a   de Schrijver, An ^a   Staelens, Jeroen ^a   van Nevel, Lotte ^a   Adriaenssens, Sandy ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

atmospheric deposition; C:N ratio; edge effects; forest edge; forest type; inorganic nitrogen; nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; LITTERFALL; MICROCLIMATE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; SOIL NITROGEN; THROUGHFALL; TOPSOIL;

EID: 80955181033     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9448-4     Document Type: Article

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