Soil moisture effects on gross nitrification differ between adjacent grassland and forested soils in central Alberta, Canada

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 289-301

  Cheng, Yi ^a,b   Cai, Zu cong ^a   Zhang, Jin bo ^a   Lang, Man ^c   Mary, Bruno ^d   Chang, Scott X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

15N tracing technique; Denitrification; FLUAZ; Gross N mineralization; Gross nitrification; Soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84863261338     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0997-2     Document Type: Article

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