Soil nitrogen transformations in beech and maple stands along a nitrogen deposition gradient

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1330-1344

  Lovett, Gary M ^a   Rueth, Heather ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; American beech; Fagus grandifolia; Gradient studies; Nitrification; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen mineralization; Sugar maple; United States, northeastern

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0032726108     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1330:SNTIBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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