Patterns and controls of ecosystem function in longleaf pine - wiregrass savannas. II. Nitrogen dynamics

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 752-760

  Wilson, Carlos A ^a   Mitchell, Robert J ^a   Hendricks, Joseph J ^b   Boring, Lindsay R ^a  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SAVANNA;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

ARISTIDA STRICTA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032795333     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-050     Document Type: Article

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