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- Title
FLOOD REGIME AND LEAF FALL DETERMINE SOIL INORGANIC NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN SEMIARID RIPARIAN FORESTS.
- Authors
Shah, J. J. Follstad; Dahm, C. N.
- Abstract
The article outlines the research conducted by J. J. Follstad and colleagues on the significance of flood regime and leaf fall to soils in the U.S. Research shows that riparian soils in arid and semiarid regions are commonly nitrogen (N) limited, thus resulting in high biological demand for nitrogen resources and flood promote both gains and losses of inorganic N within the riparian soils depending on the timing of floods, duration of inundation and effects on the quantity of leaf production. Researchers found that long-duration inundation results in greater N losses via denitrification and greater stress to riparian vegetation due to root anoxia within saturated soils.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FLOODS; FOREST influences; RIPARIAN plants; NATURAL resources; AFFORESTATION; NITROGEN; DENITRIFYING bacteria; FOLLSTAD, J. J.
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2008, Vol 18, Issue 3, p771
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/07-0447.1