Soil chemistry and fertility alterations in response to N application in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-86

  Ochoa Hueso, Raúl ^a,b   Stevens, Carly J ^c   Ortiz Llorente, María J ^a   Manrique, Esteban ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Carbon sink; Nitrate; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient seasonality; Soil cation depletion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CARBON SINK; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; NITRATES; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON SINK; DEPOSITION; FERTILITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SEASONALITY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84875058468     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.049     Document Type: Article

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