Use of foliar Ca/Sr discrimination and 87Sr/86Sr ratios to determine soil Ca sources to sugar maple foliage in a northern hardwood forest

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-296

  Blum, Joel D ^a   Dasch, Amanda A ^a   Hamburg, Steven P ^b   Yanai, Ruth D ^c   Arthur, Mary A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Acer saccharum; Ca Sr; Foliage; Soil; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM; FOLIAGE; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL NUTRIENT; STRONTIUM;

APPALACHIANS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [APPALACHIANS];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 41149109460     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9184-9     Document Type: Article

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