Modeling soil quality thresholds to ecosystem recovery at Fort Benning, GA, USA

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 351-369

  Garten Jr , Charles T ^a   Ashwood, Tom L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological thresholds; Forests; Military land use; Nutrient dynamics; Old fields; Soil carbon; Soil N availability; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; OIL FIELDS; SAND;

SANDY SOILS; SOIL DISTURBANCE; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; THRESHOLD;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14144256690     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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