Heterogeneity in soil nitrogen within first-order forested catchments at the Turkey Lakes Watershed

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-805

  Foster, Neil ^a   Spoelstra, John ^b   Hazlett, Paul ^a   Schiff, Sherry ^b   Beall, Frederick ^a   Creed, Irena ^c   David, Clive ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HARDWOODS; LAKES; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

FOOTSLOPES; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; LANDSCAPE; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTRY;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTS; HARDWOODS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TURKEY LAKES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744457213     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-016     Document Type: Article

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