Modeling leaching as a decomposition process in humid montane forests

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1844-1860

  Currie, William S ^a,b   Aber, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon stocks; CO2 fluxes; Decomposition; Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Geographic Information System (GIS); Humic substances; Landscape; Leaching; Litter quality; Nutrient cycling; White Mountains, New Hampshire

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; LEACHING; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

USA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHITE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030613570     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1844:MLAADP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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