Nitrogen turnover in forest floors of coastal Douglas-fir at sites differing in soil nitrogen capital

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1878-1886

  Prescott, C E ^a   Chappell, H N ^b,d   Vesterdal, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d Potlatch Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon turnover; Decomposition; Douglas fir; Forest floor; Litterfall; Net nitrogen mineralization; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen turnover; Soil nitrogen capital

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE;

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0033926978     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1878:NTIFFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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