Size of Precipitation Pulses Controls Nitrogen Transformation and Losses in an Arid Patagonian Ecosystem - Yahdjian, Laura; Sala, Osvaldo E (Ecosystems (New York), 2010)
Keywords: Ammonia; ammonia volatilization; Ammonium; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Argentina; arid ecosystems; Arid soils; Arid zones; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate change; Climatic changes; Denitrification; Desert soils; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental Management; Extreme weather; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Growing season; Hydrology/Water Resources; irrigation; Irrigation effects; Leaching; Life Sciences; Mineralization; net N mineralization; nitrate leaching; Nitrates; Nitrogen; nitrogen-water interactions; Patagonian steppe; Plant growth; Plant Sciences; Precipitation; precipitation pulses; Rain; Rain and rainfall; Rainfall; seasonal variation; Soil ecology; soil inorganic N; Soil water; Steppe soils; Steppes; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; volatilization; Water content; Zoology; Argentina; soil inorganic N; arid ecosystems; nitrogen–water interactions; nitrate leaching; ammonia volatilization; precipitation pulses; Patagonian steppe; denitrification; net N mineralization; nitrogen-water interactions; Arid environment; Interaction; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Leaching; Ammonia; Soils; Precipitation; Mineralization; Steppe; Ecosystem; Volatilization; Denitrification