Nitrogen mineralization and phenol accumulation along a fire chronosequence in northern Sweden

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-214

  DeLuca, T H ^a,b   Nilsson, M C ^b   Zackrisson, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal; Nitrogen transformations; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0036923023     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1025-2     Document Type: Article

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