Nitrogen productivity of Alaskan tree species at an individual tree and landscape level

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2351-2358

  Yarie, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground production; Alaska; Aspen; Balsam poplar; Landscape; N productivity; Taiga; White birch; White spruce

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; NITROGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TREE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031397311     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2351:NPOATS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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