Effects of vegetation patches on soil nutrient pools and fluxes within a mixed-conifer forest

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Erickson, Heather E ^a,b   Soto, Patricia ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^c   Roath, Brent ^a,d   Hunsaker, Carolyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies concolor; Ceanothus; Net nitrogen mineralization; Sierra Nevada forests; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MINERALIZATION; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; VEGETATION PATCHES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; FORESTS; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CORDULATUS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 20444394415     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/51.3.211     Document Type: Article

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