Topographic patterns of above- and belowground production and nitrogen cycling in alpine tundra

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2253-2266

  Fisk, Melany C ^a,c   Schmidt, Steven K ^a   Seastedt, Timothy R ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Microbial activity; Net primary production; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen transformations; Root production; Topographic gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TUNDRA;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031714967     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2253:TPOAAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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