Controls on soil solution nitrogen along an altitudinal gradient in the Scottish uplands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Jackson Blake, L ^a   Helliwell, R C ^a   Britton, A J ^a   Gibbs, S ^a   Coull, M C ^a   Dawson, L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leaching; Nitrogen deposition; Scotland; Soil carbon; Soil solution; Upland

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SCOTLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL SOLUTIONS; UPLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DEPOSITION; LEACHING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UPLAND REGION;

ACIDIFICATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

RACOMITRIUM;

EID: 84861744398     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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