Nitrogen saturation in humid tropical forests after 6 years of nitrogen and phosphorus addition: Hypothesis testing

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 305-313

  Chen, Hao ^a,b   Gurmesa, Geshere A ^c,d,e   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhu, Xiaomin ^a,e   Zheng, Mianhai ^a,e   Mao, Qinggong ^a,e   Zhang, Tao ^f   Mo, Jiangming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Sino Danish Center for Education and Research   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; N2O emission; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification; Nitrogen saturation; Phosphorus addition; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEACHING; LIMITING FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA;

EID: 84958842884     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12475     Document Type: Article

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