Available nitrogen: A time-based study of manipulated resource islands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Stubbs, Michelle M ^a,b   Pyke, David A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Available nitrogen; Juniper; Prescribed fire; Sagebrush; Tree removal

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 21044436343     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1306-0     Document Type: Article

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