Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on the acidification of two typical acid soils in South China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 415-422

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Xia, Fang ^a   Liu, Xingmei ^a   He, Yan ^a   Xu, Jianming ^a   Brookes, Philip C ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulfate; Exchangeable H+ and Al3+; pHBC; Soil acidification; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893804249     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0695-1     Document Type: Article

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