Impacts of nitrogen fertilization on volatile organic compound emissions from decomposing plant litter

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 739-748

  Gray, Christopher M ^a   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Methanol; N fertilization; Nitrogen; PTR MS; VOCs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; NITROGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84855828401     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02569.x     Document Type: Article

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