A global analysis of soil acidification caused by nitrogen addition

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Tian, Dashuan ^a   Niu, Shuli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

acid buffering capacity; meta analysis; metal cations; nitrogen deposition; soil pH; terrestrial ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POSITIVE IONS; UREA;

ACID BUFFERING; META ANALYSIS; METAL CATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SOIL PH; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

SOILS;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; META-ANALYSIS; METAL; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84923677246     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024019     Document Type: Article

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