Landscape patterns of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in southern Ohio hardwood forests

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Morris, Sherri Jeakins ^a   Boerner, R E J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Ohio; Organic carbon; Scale

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SPATIAL PATTERN;

USA, OHIO;

EID: 0031858273     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007967630020     Document Type: Article

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