Changes in stable isotopic signatures of soil nitrogen and carbon during 40 years of forest development

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-333

  Billings, S A ^a   Richter, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reforestation; Soil profile; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; TIME; TREE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI;

EID: 33745417592     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0366-7     Document Type: Article

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