Carbon and nitrogen cycling immediately following bark beetle outbreaks in southwestern ponderosa pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2698-2708

  Morehouse, K ^a   Johns, T ^a   Kaye, J ^b   Kaye, M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen cycling; Pine bark beetle; Ponderosa pine; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NITROGEN CYCLING;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AMMONIUM; BARK; BEETLE; CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; GROWING SEASON; LITTERFALL; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PEST OUTBREAK; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN;

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 41949107900     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.050     Document Type: Article

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