Regional estimation of nitrogen mineralization in forest ecosystems using geographic information systems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 734-747

  Fan, Weihong ^a   Randolph, J C ^b   Ehman, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Available nitrogen; Forest ecosystems; Forest soils; GIS based modeling; Great Lakes region; Nitrogen mineralization; Regional distributions; Regional modeling; Scaling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031828195     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0734:REONMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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