Flood flows, leaf breakdown, and plant-available nitrogen on a dryland river floodplain

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 180-189

  Andersen, Douglas C ^a   Nelson, S Mark ^b   Binkley, Dan ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Flood regime; Floodplain; Nitrogen cycling; Populus deltoides wislizenii; Riparian

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIPARIAN ZONE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; YAMPA RIVER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS DELTOIDES WISLIZENII; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037502650     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2003)023[0180:FFLBAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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