Sampling spatial and temporal variation in soil nitrogen availability

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Cain, Michael L ^a   Subler, Scott ^b   Evans, Jonathan P ^c   Fortin, Marie Josée ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal dune ecosystems Ion exchange membrane spikes; Soil nitrogen availability; Soil resource heterogeneity; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032953981     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050741     Document Type: Article

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