Nitrogen spatial heterogeneity influences diversity following restoration in a ponderosa pine forest, Montana

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-489

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   Metlen, Kerry L ^a   Fiedler, Carl E ^a   DeLuca, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Douglas fir; Lubrecht Experimental Forest; Nitrogen; Ponderosa pine; Restoration treatments; Richness; Western Montana, USA

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DOUGLAS FIR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; MONTANA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33646132517     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0479:NSHIDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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