Carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils from acidic and nonacidic tundra with different glacial histories in Northern Alaska

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 761-774

  Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Miley, Tiffany A ^a   Weiss, Marissa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Calcium; Carbon; Decomposition; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen; pH; Respiration; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; GLACIAL HISTORY; MOISTURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; TUNDRA; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036986533     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0185-6     Document Type: Article

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