Is the high 15N natural abundance of trees in N-loaded forests caused by an internal ecosystem N isotope redistribution or a change in the ecosystem N isotope mass balance?

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 351-358

  Högberg, Peter ^a   Johannisson, Christian ^a   Högberg, Mona N ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Forest soils; N 15 natural abundance; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL PROFILE;

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EID: 84897397381     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9873-x     Document Type: Article

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