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Total soil nitrogen and nitrogen mineralization

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The mineralization capacity of 24 different soils was determined from incubation experiments. Relatively rapid mineralization and nitrification was found with soils from cultivated land, and pastures, but soils under natural vegetative covers of conifers and hardwoods were mostly ammonifying. A close relationship could be established between the total nitrogen content of the soil and the amount of mineral nitrogen formed during incubation. Important connections could also be shown between the available nitrogen contents at different times during the incubation period; these suggest that the incubation period can be considerably shortened.

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Vlassak, K. Total soil nitrogen and nitrogen mineralization. Plant Soil 32, 27–32 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372843

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