Impacts of forest gaps on soil properties and processes in old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests

Plant and Soil

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 219-233

  Scharenbroch, B C ^a   Bockheim, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Old growth forest; Treefall gap and edge

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; MICROCLIMATE; MINERALIZATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION; TREEFALL; VINE;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIUM;

EID: 34249090772     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9248-y     Document Type: Article

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