Soil microbial control of nitrogen loss following clear-cut harvest in northern hardwood ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 202-215

  Holmes, William E ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Denitrification; Great Lakes region; Harvest; Microbial biomass; N immobilization; N leaching; N mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Northern hardwoods; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROFLORA;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

GREAT LAKES; UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MALVACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033081169     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0202:SMCONL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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