Nitrogen availability and forest productivity along a climosequence on Whiteface Mountain, New York

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1880-1891

  Joshi, Amishi B ^a   Vann, David R ^a   Johnson, Arthur H ^a   Miller, Eric K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMOSEQUENCES;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CLIMATE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0346216951     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-105     Document Type: Article

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