Limitations to carbon mineralization in litter and mineral soil of young and old ponderosa pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 201-213

  Kelliher, F M ^a   Ross, D J ^b   Law, B E ^c   Baldocchi, D D ^d   Rodda, N J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Litter; Nitrogen mineralisation; Pine forest; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; HARVESTING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

PINUS PONDEROSA; PURSHIA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 1542576261     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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