Partitioning of nitrate uptake between trees and understory in oak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 311-320

  Olsson, M O ^a   Falkengren Grerup, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nitrate leaching; NRA; Understory layer

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION;

UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0037706916     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00544-3     Document Type: Article

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