A stable isotopic study to determine carbon and nitrogen cycling in a disturbed southern Californian forest ecosystem

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 177-188

  Korontzi, Stefania ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^a   Anderson, Iris C ^b   Poth, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033766118     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900095     Document Type: Article

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