Fine root dynamics and forest production across a calcium gradient in northern hardwood and conifer ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-341

  Park, Byung Bae ^a,b   Yanai, Ruth D ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^c   Bailey, Scott W ^d   Siccama, Thomas G ^e   Shanley, James B ^f   Cleavitt, Natalie L ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Aboveground production; Acid rain; Cone Pond; Fine root biomass; Fine root production; Fine root turnover; Hubbard Brook; Sleepers River

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FINE ROOT; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CONE POND; HUBBARD BROOK; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; SLEEPERS RIVER; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

ACER SACCHARUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 41149141260     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9126-3     Document Type: Article

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