Spatial variability in soil nitrogen dynamics after prescribed burning in Ohio mixed-oak forests

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-439

  Boerner, Ralph E J ^a   Morris, Sherri Jeakins ^a,d   Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy ^b,c   Hutchinson, Todd F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Landscape; N mineralization; Oak hickory forest; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033911271     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008179702536     Document Type: Article

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