Biogeochemical response of forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 402-415

  Magill, Alison H ^a   Aber, John D ^a   Hendricks, Joseph J ^a,d   Bowden, Richard D ^b   Melillo, Jerry M ^c   Steudler, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate additions; Foliar and litterfall N concentration; Forests, red pine cf. mixed hardwood; Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, USA; N retention and saturation; Net N mineralization rates; Net nitrification in pine vs. hardwood stands; Nitrate leaching losses; Wood production, effects of fertilizer on

Indexed keywords

PINUS RESINOSA; PINACEAE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROUS OXIDE; RED PINE; SIMULATED;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, HARVARD FOREST;

EID: 0030616808     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0402:BROFET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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