Forest ecosystem response to four years of chronic nitrate and sulfate additions at Bear Brooks Watershed, Maine, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Magill, Alison H ^a   Downs, Martha R ^b   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^b   Hallett, Richard A ^a   Aber, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar chemistry; Net mineralization; Net nitrification; Nitrogen additions; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SULPHUR DEPOSITION;

USA, MAINE, BEAR BROOKS WATERSHED; USA, MASSACHUSETTS; USA, VERMONT;

EID: 0030435232     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03775-9     Document Type: Article

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