Nitrogen uptake in riparian plant communities across a sharp ecological boundary of salmon density

BMC Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Mathewson, D D ^a   Hocking, M D ^a   Reimchen, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLECHNUM; BLECHNUM SPICANT; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ONCORHYNCHUS; OPLOPANAX; OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS; RIPARIA; RUBUS; RUBUS SPECTABILIS; SALMONIDAE; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ALASKAENSE; VACCINIUM PARVIFOLIUM;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ONCORHYNCHUS; PLANT; RIVER; SOIL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; ONCORHYNCHUS; PLANTS; RIVERS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 2942717064     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-3-4     Document Type: Article

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