Nutrient fluxes in forests of the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, United States of America

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 673-681

  Johnson, Dale W ^a,b   Susfalk, Richard B ^a,b   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a,b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS JEFFREYI;

FOREST; NUTRIENT FLUX; SEMIARID REGION;

USA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0031420095     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB01750     Document Type: Article

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