Canopy uptake of atmospheric nitrogen and new growth nitrogen requirement at a Colorado subalpine forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2221-2227

  Tomaszewski, Timothy ^a   Boyce, Richard L ^b,c   Sievering, Herman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WIND;

PINE FORESTS; THROUGHFALL (TF) FLUX;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 1842766314     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-147     Document Type: Article

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