Canopy tree-soil interactions within temperate forests: Species effects on soil carbon and nitrogen

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 440-446

  Finzi, Adrien C ^a,b,d   Van Breemen, Nico ^b   Canham, Charles D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem; Forest; Nitrogen; Soils, forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTION; SOIL CARBON;

CONNECTICUT; USA;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRACINUS AMERICANA; QUERCUS RUBRA; TSUGA CANDENSIS;

EID: 0031980587     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0440:CTSIWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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