Soil warming decreases inorganic and dissolved organic nitrogen pools by preventing the soil from freezing in a cool temperate forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-108

  Ueda, Miki U ^a   Muller, Onno ^b,c   Nakamura, Masahiro ^c   Nakaji, Tatsuro ^c   Hiura, Tsutom ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Inorganic nitrogen; Nitrate; Soil freezing; Soil frost; Soil microbial biomass; Soil warming

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL FROST; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL WARMING;

AMMONIA; FREEZING; LAKES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST SOIL; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; FROST; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATE FOREST; WARMING;

AMMONIA; FORESTRY; FREEZING; LAKES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84875497735     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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