Rates of nitrogen mineralization across an elevation and vegetation gradient in the southern Appalachians

Plant and Soil

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Knoepp, Jennifer D ^a   Swank, Wayne T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest soils; N saturation; Nitrification; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032453628     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004375412512     Document Type: Article

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