Nitrogen storage and cycling in old- and second-growth northern hardwood forests

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-87

  Fisk, Melany C ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a   Crow, Thomas R ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Microbial nitrogen uptake; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen immobilization; Nitrogen leaching; Nitrogen storage; Old growth forests

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036141942     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0073:NSACIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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