Responses of nitrous oxide fluxes and soil nitrogen cycling to nutrient additions in montane forests along an elevation gradient in southern Ecuador

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 625-636

  Martinson, Guntars O ^a,b   Corre, Marife D ^a   Veldkamp, Edzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nutrient limitation; Nutrient manipulation; Phosphorus; Soil N availability; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CAMBISOL; ELEVATION; FOREST SOIL; HISTOSOL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONTANE FOREST; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84874753678     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9753-9     Document Type: Article

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