Major-element cycling in a high-elevation Adirondack forest: Patterns and changes, 1986-1996

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 958-967

  Friedland, Andrew J ^a   Miller, Eric K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Forest; Air pollution effects; Atmospheric deposition; Base cation cycling; Deposition effects on major element cycles; Element cycling; Forest biogeochemistry; Impacts on forests; N cycle; New York; Nutrient cycling; USA

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOREST; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR; UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0033179492     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0958:MECIAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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