Post-fire soil nitrogen content and vegetation composition in subboreal spruce forests of British Columbia's central interior, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Driscoll, K G ^a   Arocena, J M ^a   Massicotte, H B ^a  

^a Fac Nat Rsrc Environ Studs U   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Herbs; Mineralizable N Available NH4+ and NO3 ; Montane forests; Mosses; Sub Boreal spruce forests; Total N; Trees

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST FIRE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033598212     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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