Nitrogen deposition across scales: Hotspots and gradients in a California savanna landscape

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Tulloss, Elise M ^a   Cadenasso, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion exchange resin; Local scale; Nitrogen deposition gradient; Nutrient hotspots; Regional scale; Savanna; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942775547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00440.1     Document Type: Article

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