Modeling nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems in response to land use and atmospheric deposition

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-78

  Aber, John D ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; GIS; Harvard forest; Hubbard brook; N mineralization; Nitrate leaching; Nitrification; NPP; Regional predictions; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MODELLING; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN SATURATION;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, HARVARD FOREST; USA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, HUBBARD BROOK;

EID: 0030746511     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)01953-4     Document Type: Article

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