Temporal and spatial patterns in root nitrogen concentration and root decomposition in relation to prescribed fire

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Dress, William J ^a,b   Boerner, Ralph E J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; ROOT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037384490     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0245:TASPIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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