Buried organic horizons represent amino acid reservoirs in boreal forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-131

  Werdin Pfisterer, Nancy R ^a   Kielland, Knut ^a   Boone, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Boreal forest; Buried organic horizons; Floodplain soils; Nitrogen cycle; Organic nitrogen; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; BURIED ORGANIC HORIZONS; FLOODPLAIN SOILS; NITROGEN CYCLES; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FORESTRY; MINERALS; NITROGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BOREAL FOREST; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN CYCLE; PALEOSOL; PH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; MINERALS; NITROGEN; RESERVOIRS; RIVERS; SOIL;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 84864065409     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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