Responses of Engelmann spruce forests to nitrogen fertilization in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 664-673

  Rueth, Heather M ^a,c   Baron, Jill S ^a,b   Allstott, Eric J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado forest soils; Engelmann spruce forest; Forest ecosystems; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen fertilization

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 0012996001     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0664:ROESFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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