Pedosphere 7(1): 31--34, 1997
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©1997 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Effect of fluctuating temperatures on forest soil nitrogen mineralization |
| LIAO Li-Ping1 and P. INESONZ2 |
1 Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110015 (China);
2 Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood Research Station, Grange-o-Sands, Cumbria (UK) |
| ABSTRACT |
| Nitrogen mineralization in forest soil was studied in laboratory by incubating undisturbed soil cores enclosed within PVC columns at different temperatures to compare the effect of fluctuating temperature with that of constant temperature, and to find out whether soil nitrification shows linearity over time. The results showed that there was no significant difference between soil nitrification at fluctuating temperature and that at constant temperature, and suggested that it must be careful to make the conclusion that soil nitrification has linearity over time. |
| Key Words: fluctuating temperature, linearity, nitrogen mineralization |
| Citation: Liao, L. P. and Inesonz, P. 1997. Effect of fluctuating temperatures on forest soil nitrogen mineralization. Pedosphere. 7(1): 31-34. |
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