Soil organic matter and nitrogen cycling in response to harvesting, mechanical site preparation, and fertilization in a wetland with a mineral substrate

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 7-23

  McLaughlin, James W ^a   Gale, Margaret R ^a   Jurgensen, Martin F ^a   Trettin, Carl C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Nitrogen mineralization; Organic matter decomposition; Site preparation bedding; Site preparation trenching; Solution chemistry; Whole tree harvest

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; TIMBER INDUSTRY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034678570     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00164-4     Document Type: Article

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