Soil pH has contrasting effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralizations in adjacent forest and grassland soils in central Alberta, Canada

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 848-857

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

15N tracing; FLUAZ model; Gross N mineralization; Gross nitrification; Salt effect; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

15N TRACING; GROSS N MINERALIZATION; GROSS NITRIFICATION; SALT EFFECT; SOIL PH;

ACIDIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; SOILS;

PH EFFECTS;

ACIDIFICATION; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; INHIBITION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OSMOSIS; PH; TRANSFORMATION;

ALBERTA; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PH; SOIL;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84873476499     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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