Soil properties and soil nitrogen dynamics of prairie-like forest openings and surrounding forests in Kentucky's Knobs Region

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Rhoades, C C ^a,b   Miller, S P ^a,c   Shea, M M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Bernheim Arboretum and Res Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142760963     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0001:SPASND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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