Nitrogen deposition contributes to soil acidification in tropical ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3790-3801

  Lu, Xiankai ^a   Mao, Qinggong ^a,b   Gilliam, Frank S ^c   Luo, Yiqi ^d   Mo, Jiangming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid neutralizing capacity; Acidification; Aluminum; Calcium; Cation exchange capacity; Nitrogen addition; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Soil buffering capacity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; SOIL;

ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PH; POLLUTANT; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84912012985     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12665     Document Type: Article

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