The response of a heterogeneous upland boreal shield catchment to a short term NO3- addition

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 460-473

  Lamontagne, Sébastien ^a,b   Schiff, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Nitrogen export; Nitrogen saturation; Whole catchment manipulation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0032709544     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900094     Document Type: Article

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