Soil nutrient cycles as a nonlinear dynamical system

An analytical model for the soil carbon and nitrogen cycles is studied from the dynamical system point of view. Its main nonlinearities and feedbacks are analyzed by considering the steady state solution under deterministic hydro-climatic conditions. It is shown that, changing hydro-climatic conditi...

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Main Authors: S. Manzoni, A. Porporato, P. D'Odorico, F. Laio, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/11/589/2004/npg-11-589-2004.pdf