Is coarse woody debris a net sink or source of nitrogen in the red spruce - Fraser fir forest of the southern Appalachians, U.S.A.?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 716-727

  Creed, I F ^a   Morrison, D L ^a   Nicholas, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; NITROGEN; STOICHIOMETRY; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); SATURATED FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ELEMENT MOBILITY; NITROGEN; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ABIES; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PICEA; STOICHIOMETRY; WOOD;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES FRASERI; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 2942702165     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-211     Document Type: Article

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