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Nitrogen Cycling in Ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. G. P. Robertson

    1. SCOPE/UNEP International Nitrogen Unit, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. R. Herrera

    1. Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela

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  3. T. Rosswall

    1. SCOPE/UNEP International Nitrogen Unit, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Plant assimilation and nitrogen cycling

    • A. A. Franco, D. N. Munns
    Pages 1-13

  3. Microbiological regulation of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle

    • T. Rosswall
    Pages 15-34

  4. Simulation of nitrogen in agro-ecosystems: Criteria for model selection and use

    • P. S. C. Rao, R. E. Jessup, A. G. Hornsby
    Pages 35-43

  5. Nitrogen supply and crop yield: The global scene

    • D. J. Greenwood
    Pages 45-59

  6. The role of the atmosphere in nitrogen cycling

    • E. Sanhueza
    Pages 61-71

  7. Regional nitrogen budgets: Approaches and problems

    • G. P. Robertson
    Pages 73-79

  8. Some priority research areas in nitrogen studies

    • A. J. Holding
    Pages 81-90

  9. Nitrogen in shifting cultivation systems of Latin America

    • P. A. Sánchez
    Pages 91-103

  10. Nitrogen distribution in several traditional agro-ecosystems in the humid tropical lowlands of south-eastern Mexico

    • S. R. Gliessman
    Pages 105-117

  11. Nitrogen distribution in hybrid and local corn varieties and its possible relationship to a declining soil nitrogen pool under shifting agriculture at Indian Church, Belize

    • J. D. H. Lambert, J. T. Arnason
    Pages 119-127

  12. 15N-urea transport and transformation in two deforested Amazonian soils under laboratory conditions

    • R. L. Victoria, P. L. Libardi, K. Reichardt, E. Matsui
    Pages 129-137

  13. Nitrogen cycling in sugarcane

    • A. Puppin Ruschel, P. B. Vose
    Pages 139-146

  14. Nitrogen gains and losses in sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) agro-ecosystems on the coast of Peru

    • V. S. Valdivia
    Pages 147-156

  15. Potential growth of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in the desert of Southern Peru and its response to high NPK fertilization

    • M. N. Versteeg, I. Zipori, J. Medina, H. Valdivia
    Pages 157-165

  16. Crop utilization and fixation of added ammonium in soils of the West Indies

    • N. Ahmad, E. D. Reid, M. Nkrumah, S. M. Griffith, L. Gabriel
    Pages 167-186

  17. Distribution of 15N fertilizer in field-lysimeters sown with garlic (Allium sativum) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

    • M. A. Lazzari
    Pages 187-191

  18. Nitrogen cycling in a 15N-fertilized bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop

    • P. L. Libardi, R. L. Victoria, K. Reichardt, A. Cervellini
    Pages 193-208

  19. Nitrogen cycling in a flooded-soil ecosystem planted to rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    • K. R. Reddy
    Pages 209-220

  20. The nitrogen balance of vegetable crops irrigated with untreated effluent

    • B. E. Schalscha, F. I. Vergara
    Pages 221-226
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About this book

The large and rapidly expanding body ofliterature related to nitrogen cycling in both managed and native terrestrial ecosystems reflects the importance accorded to the behaviour of this vital and often limiting nutrient. Research at the organism, ecosystem and landscape levels commonly addresses questions concerning nitrogen acquisition, internal cycling and retention. Goals for this research include increased agricultural productivity and a better understanding of human impact on local, regional and global nitrogen cycles. Nitrogen cycle research in tropical regions has a long and distinguished history. Research on different aspects of nitrogen cycling in ecosystems of the tropics has been carried out in many regions. In relatively few instances has there, however, been a focus on the biogeochemical cycles at the ecosystem level. The meeting resulting in this volume was an attempt to bring together existing information on nitrogen cycling in ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean and discuss this in an ecosystem context.

Editors and Affiliations

  • SCOPE/UNEP International Nitrogen Unit, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

    G. P. Robertson, T. Rosswall

  • Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela

    R. Herrera

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nitrogen Cycling in Ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Editors: G. P. Robertson, R. Herrera, T. Rosswall

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7639-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2719-3Due: 30 November 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7641-2Published: 09 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7639-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 272

  • Topics: Geochemistry

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