Atmospheric deposition may affect northern hardwood forest composition by altering soil nutrient supply

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1929-1941

  Zaccherio, Meredith T ^a   Finzi, Adrien C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Base cation; Community ecology; Ecosystem; Forest; Global change; N saturation

Indexed keywords

ACID PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; CATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; QUERCUS RUBRA;

CALCIUM; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ACER; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; OAK; PINE; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREE;

ACER; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; FERTILIZERS; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PINUS; QUERCUS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 39049172206     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2067.1     Document Type: Article

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