Variation in nitrogen deposition and available soil nitrogen in a forest-grassland ecotone in Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-202

  Köchy, Martin ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspen parkland; Canada; Fire; Forest invasion; Grazing; Shrubland; Soil type; Sub boreal; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FIRE; SOIL NITROGEN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BISON; UNGULATA;

EID: 21644488708     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-2264-x     Document Type: Article

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