Inorganic nitrogen losses from a forested ecosystem in response to physical, chemical, biotic, and climatic perturbations

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 648-658

  Aber, John D ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b   Likens, Gene E ^c   Holmes, Richard T ^d   Freuder, Rita J ^a   Goodale, Christine L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; CO2; Defoliation; Harvest; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Model; N deposition; Nitrate; Ozone; PnET; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN;

EID: 0036864537     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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