Carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling implications of the evergreen understory layer in Appalachian forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Chastain Jr , Robert A ^a   Currie, William S ^b   Townsend, Philip A ^c  

^a Fort Lewis Directorate of Public Works   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem modeling; Forest floor; Forest understory; Nitrogen retention; NuCSS; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ALLOMETRIC MODELING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST UNDERSTORY; NITROGEN RETENTION; NUCSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

KALMIA LATIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 33745969868     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.040     Document Type: Article

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