Correlations between soil nutrient availability and fine-root biomass at two spatial scales in forested wetlands with contrasting hydrological regimes

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2934-2941

  Neatrour, Matthew A ^a   Jones, Robert H ^b   Golladay, Stephen W ^c  

^a Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; HYDROLOGY; SOILS;

FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; FLOODPLAIN SWAMPS; INTERMEDIATE-FERTILITY RIVER SWAMP; SOIL NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SOIL NUTRIENT; SWAMP; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENTS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645785267     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-217     Document Type: Article

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