Estimating nitrogen exports in response to forest vegetation, age and soil types in two coastal-forested watersheds in British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1945-1959

  Zhu, John Z ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest; Forest age; Model; Nitrogen; Soil; Vegetation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

FOREST AGE; SOIL TYPES; WATERSHED PROTECTION;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL TYPE; WATERSHED;

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 39749188754     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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