Sugar maple and nitrogen cycling in the forests of eastern North America

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-88

  Lovett, Gary M ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 20744440708     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0081:SMANCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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