Above- and belowground net primary production in a temperate mixed deciduous forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-329

  Newman, Gregory S ^a,b   Arthur, Mary A ^a   Muller, Robert N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Interannual variability; Mesic; Mixed mesophytic forest; Nitrogen mineralization; Quercus, soil moisture; Total belowground carbon allocation; Xeric

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE; MIXED FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

QUERCUS;

EID: 33646365120     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0015-3     Document Type: Article

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