Soil carbon and nitrogen pools and processes in an old-growth conifer forest 13 years after trenching

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1261-1265

  Hart, Stephen C ^a   Sollins, Phil ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EID: 0032408963     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-101     Document Type: Article

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