Responses of available soil nitrogen and litter decomposition to openings of different sizes in dry interior Douglas-fir forests in British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 33-46

  Hope, Graeme D ^a   Prescott, Cindy E ^b   Blevins, Leandra L ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Mineralization; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Silvicultural system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; SOILS;

SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIUM; CANOPY GAP; CLEARCUTTING; DECOMPOSITION; HARVESTING; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL NITROGEN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0344497344     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00241-X     Document Type: Article

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