Decadal-scale fates of 15N tracers added to oak and pine stands under ambient and elevated N inputs at the Harvard Forest (USA)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-107

  Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^a   Colman, Benjamin P ^b   Currie, William S ^a   Magill, Alison ^c   Aber, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracers; N cycling; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; SOILS; TISSUE; WOOD;

HARVARD FOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; TRACER;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS RESINOSA; QUERCUS;

EID: 3042802223     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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