In situ gross nitrogen transformations differ between temperate deciduous and coniferous forest soils

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 259-277

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Rütting, Tobias ^b   Huygens, Dries ^a,c   de Schrijver, An ^a   Müller, Christoph ^d,e   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

15N; Forest type; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nutrient cycling; Tracing model

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL NITROGEN; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THROUGHFALL; TRANSFORMATION;

BELGIUM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84857633174     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9598-7     Document Type: Article

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