Spring ephemeral herbs and nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest: An experimental test of the vernal dam hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 446-453

  Rothstein, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; N immobilization; NO3 leaching; Spring ephemerals; Vernal dam

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; NITROGEN CYCLE;

ALLIUM TRICOCCUM;

EID: 0033857401     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008870     Document Type: Article

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