Biomass accumulation and soil nitrogen availability in an 87-year-old Populus grandidentata chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 121-127

  White, Laura L ^a,b   Zak, Donald R ^a   Barnes, Burton V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata); Biomass; Chronosequence; Disturbance; Forest succession; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FIRES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NITROGEN; SOILS;

LANDSCAPE; MINERALIZATION;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; POPULUS; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 1542786493     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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