Nitrogen addition alters mineralization dynamics of 13C-depleted leaf and twig litter and reduces leaching of older DOC from mineral soil

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1412-1427

  Hagedorn, Frank ^a   Kammer, Adrian ^a   Schmidt, Michael W I ^b   Goodale, Christine L ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Carbon cycling; Decomposition; Dissolved organic matter; Isotope tracing; Nitrogen deposition; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

FAGUS;

EID: 84858439577     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02603.x     Document Type: Article

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