Ecosystem response to 15 years of chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-28

  Magill, Alison H ^a   Aber, John D ^a   Currie, William S ^b   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^b   Martin, Mary E ^a   McDowell, William H ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^c   Steudler, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Biomass production; Foliar chemistry; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Soil solution chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PAPER;

CHRONIC NITROGEN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 3042769434     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.033     Document Type: Article

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