Mineral nitrogen and microbial dynamics in the forest floor of clearcut or partially harvested successional boreal forest stands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Lapointe, Benoît ^a   Bradley, R L ^a   Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Forest succession; Microbial respiration; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Partial harvesting

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 14244264160     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1830-y     Document Type: Article

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