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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1988
The relative importance of nitrogen inputs from atmospheric depositions and biological fixation is reviewed in a number of diverse, non-agricultural terrestrial ecosystems. Rates of both symbiotic and nonsymbiotic fixation appear to be greater during early succession stages of forest development, where they have major impacts on nitrogen dynamics and ecosystem productivity. Fates and impacts of these nitrogen inputs are important considerations that are inadequately understood. These input processes are highly variable in space and time, and few sites have adequate comparative information on both nitrogen deposition and fixation.
Citation: Boring, L. R., W. T. Swank, J. B. Waide, and G. S. Henderson. 1988. Sources, fates, and impacts of nitrogen inputs to terrestrial ecosystems: review and synthesis. Biogeochemistry, v. 6, p. 119-159.
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- air temperature
- Australia
- Belgium
- bibliographies
- biogeochemical cycles
- boreal forests
- chaparral
- chemical elements
- coastal plain
- community ecology
- coniferous forests
- decay
- deciduous plants
- deserts
- ecosystem dynamics
- Fagus grandifolia
- forest management
- grasslands
- habitat types
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Zealand
- nitrogen
- nitrogen fixation
- North Carolina
- north Florida
- nutrient cycling
- Ohio
- old growth forests
- Oregon
- organic matter
- particulates
- peatlands
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus radiata
- Pinus taeda
- plantations
- precipitation
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- savannas
- soil organic matter
- South Carolina
- species diversity (plants)
- succession
- taiga
- temperate forests
- tropical forests
- tundra
- Venezuela
- wood
- Wyoming
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