Coupled nitrogen and calcium cycles in forests of the Oregon Coast Range

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Perakis, Steven S ^a,b   Maguire, Douglas A ^b   Bullen, Thomas D ^c   Cromack, Kermit ^b   Waring, Richard H ^b   Boyle, James R ^b  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Base cations; Calcium; Douglas fir; Magnesium; Marine seasalt aerosols; N saturation; Nitrogen cycle; Nutrient limitation; Stable isotopes; Strontium

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33645812903     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0039-5     Document Type: Article

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