Foliar nitrogen patterns following stand-replacing fire in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 22-30

  Metzger, Kristine L ^a   Romme, William H ^b   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Arnica cordifolia; Calamagrostis rubescens; Carex geyeri; Carex rossii; Ceanothus velutinus; Epilobium angustifolium; Fire; Foliar nitrogen; Grand Teton National Park; Lactuca serriola; Lodgepole pine; Lonicera utahensis; Lupinus argenteus; Mahonia repens; Nitrogen mineralization; Pinus contorta var. latifolia; Solidago multiradiata; Spiraea betulifolia; Vaccinium scoparium

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA; CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; FOLIAR NITROGEN; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; LONICERA UTAHENSIS; LUPINUS ARGENTEUS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; WILDFIRE;

BIOMASS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; PINUS CONTORTA;

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA; ARNICA MONTANA; CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; CAREX GEYERI; CAREX ROSSII; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS VELUTINUS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; LACTUCA SERRIOLA; LONICERA; LONICERA UTAHENSIS; LUPINUS ARGENTEUS; MAHONIA; MAHONIA REPENS; PINUS CONTORTA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO MULTIRADIATA; SPIRAEA; SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 33646117489     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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