Nitrogen cycle : What governs nitrogen loss from forest soils?

The predominance of organic nitrogen in stream waters and soil solutions is no proof of plant uptake of organic nitrogen, and could indeed be brought about by the uptake of only inorganic nitrogen, as Addiscott and Brookes claim and standard thinking would have it. Nor did I suggest otherwise. Yet I...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2002-08, Vol.418 (6898), p.604
Main Author: van Breemen, Nico
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino acids
Creeks & streams
Forest soils
Nitrates
Nitrogen
Nitrogen cycle
Organic nitrogen
Snakes
Soil sciences
Soil solution
Temperature
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Summary:The predominance of organic nitrogen in stream waters and soil solutions is no proof of plant uptake of organic nitrogen, and could indeed be brought about by the uptake of only inorganic nitrogen, as Addiscott and Brookes claim and standard thinking would have it. Nor did I suggest otherwise. Yet I maintain that "some standard thinking about how nature deals with nitrogen in soils and waters needs to be re-evaluated".
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/418604b