Long-term retention of post-fire soil mineral nitrogen pools in Mediterranean shrubland and grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 521-531

  Martí Roura, Mireia ^a   Casals, Pere ^b   Romanyà, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

15N recovery; Drought; Legume; N2 fixing plant; Soil N; Soil organic C

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; FIRE; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

EID: 84884819515     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1714-0     Document Type: Article

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