Effect of landscape position on N mineralization and nitrification in a forested watershed in the Adirondack Mountains of New York

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-508

  Ohrui, Kiyokazu ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^a   Bischoff, Joseph M ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033021144     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-014     Document Type: Article

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