Soil microbial biomass and nitrogen transformations among five tree species of the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-613

  Templer, P ^a   Findlay, S ^b   Lovett, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Catskill mountains; Immobilization; Microbial N uptake; Mineralization; Nitrification; Northern hardwood forest; Tree species

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION;

MINERALIZATION;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0038340865     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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