Snow depth, soil frost and nutrient loss in a northern hardwood forest

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2275-2286

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Hardy, Janet P ^b   Nolan, Scott ^c   Fitzhugh, Ross D ^d   Driscoll, Charles T ^d   Fahey, Timothy J ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c Institute of Ecosystem Studies   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Forests; Snow; Soil freezing; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

FORESTS; NUTRIENT LOSS; SNOW DEPTH; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL NITROGEN;

SNOW;

FROST; FROZEN GROUND; NUTRIENT LOSS; SNOW COVER;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208540     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2275::AID-HYP858>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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