Short-term increases in relative nitrification rates due to trenching in forest floor and mineral soil horizons of different forest types

Plant and Soil

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-384

  Lavoie, Martin ^a   Bradley, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Available C; Forest ecology; Nitrification; Roots; Soil horizon; Trench plots

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037703462     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024773410874     Document Type: Article

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