Inferred effects of cloud deposition on forest floor nutrient cycling and microbial properties along a short elevation gradient

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-344

  Lavoie, M ^a   Bradley, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud deposition; Elevation gradient; Forest floor; Microbial properties; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLOUDS; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

CLOUD DEPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLOUD; ELEVATION; FOREST FLOOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANADA; CLOUD; FOREST; HUMUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROFLORA; MOISTURE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; ALTITUDE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; TREE;

CANADA;

ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; NITROGEN; TREES;

EID: 0037332989     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00240-3     Document Type: Article

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