Towards a proper integration of hydrology in predicting soil nitrogen mineralization rates along natural moisture gradients

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 302-312

  Fujita, Yuki ^a   van Bodegom, Peter M ^b   Olde Venterink, Harry ^c   Runhaar, Han ^a   Witte, Jan Philip M ^a,b  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon decomposition; CENTURY; Denitrification; Hydrology; In situ incubation experiment; Nitrogen mineralization; Soil moisture gradient; SOM model

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BEST MODEL; CARBON DECOMPOSITION; CENTURY; CENTURY MODEL; DATA SETS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE EFFECTS; MOISTURE GRADIENT; MOISTURE INFLUENCE; N MINERALIZATION RATE; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL GRADIENT; NATURAL MOISTURES; NATURAL SOILS; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NORMALIZED RESIDUALS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL-MOISTURE EFFECTS; SOIL-NITROGEN MINERALIZATION;

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MINERALOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84872728188     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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