Revegetation and nitrate leaching from Lake States Northern Hardwood forests following harvest

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1424-1429

  Iseman, Thomas M ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a   Holmes, William E ^a   Merrill, Amy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; REVEGETATION;

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; NITRATE LEACHING; WATER BALANCE METHOD;

SOILS;

FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; LOGGING; NITRATE; REVEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032713306     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6351424x     Document Type: Article

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