Relative role of understory and overstory in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2689-2700

  Moore, P T ^a   Van Miegroet, H ^a   Nicholas, N S ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yosemite National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; OVERSTORY BIOMASS; WOODY UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; NITROGEN;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES FRASERI; ADELGIDAE; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 38849096510     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-115     Document Type: Article

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