Contribution of actinorhizal shrubs to site fertility in a Northern California mixed pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 244, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 68-75

  Busse, Matt D ^a   Jurgensen, Martin F ^b   Page Dumroese, Deborah S ^c   Powers, Robert F ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterbrush; Ceanothus prostratus; Mahala mat; Natural 15N abundance; Old growth; Purshia tridentata; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BITTERBRUSH; CEANOTHUS PROSTRATUS; MAHALA MAT; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ACTINORHIZA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN FIXATION; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SYMBIOSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PINUS; SHRUBS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS PROSTRATUS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS PONDEROSA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 34248393948     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.040     Document Type: Article

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