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How does sample preparation affect the δ 15 N values of terrestrial ecological materials?
Author(s) -
Brearley Francis Q.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of plant nutrition and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 1436-8730
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.200900005
Subject(s) - citation , metropolitan area , library science , sample (material) , affect (linguistics) , sociology , ecology , geography , computer science , chemistry , archaeology , biology , chromatography , communication
The use of stable isotopes in terrestrial ecosystem ecology is increasing: their great benefit is that they can provide integrated measures of ecological processes over time. Nitrogen (N) isotopes are used to examine the N cycle and plant–soil relationships, where d15N values of ecological materials result from many different and interacting biogeochemical and physiological processes (Hogberg, 1997; Robinson, 2001; Dawson et al., 2002).