Nitrogen mineralization and decomposition in western boreal bog and fen peat

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-465

  Bayley, Suzanne E ^a   Thormann, Markus N ^a,b   Szumigalski, Anthony R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Decomposition; Fen; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Peatlands

Indexed keywords

BOG; DECOMPOSITION; FEN; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PEATLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744451399     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-4-455.1     Document Type: Article

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