Natural 15N- and 13C-Abundance as Indicators of Forest Nitrogen Status and Soil Carbon Dynamics

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-82

  Garten, Charles T ^a   Hanson, Paul J ^a   Todd, Donald E ^a   Lu, Bonnie B ^a   Brice, Deanne J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global scale; Indicators; Primary contributor; Sarbon sequestration; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); SOILS;

GLOBAL SCALE; NITROGEN STATUS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR; SARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84889374011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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