Contrasting response of two forest soils to nitrogen input: Rapidly altered NO and N2O emissions and nirK abundance

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 855-863

  Szukics, Ute ^a,b   Hackl, Evelyn ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^b   Sessitsch, Angela ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Forest soils; NH4; Nitrite reductase; Nitrogen oxide emission; NO3; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855504257     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0396-5     Document Type: Article

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