Influence of red alder on soil nitrogen transformations in two conifer forests of contrasting productivity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1111-1123

  Hart, Stephen C ^a   Binkley, Dan ^b   Perry, David A ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RED ALDER; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031194093     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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