Influence of coarse wood and pine saplings on nitrogen mineralization and microbial communities in young post-fire Pinus contorta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-67

  Metzger, Kristine L ^a   Smithwick, Erica A H ^a   Tinker, Daniel B ^b   Romme, William H ^c   Balser, Teri C ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fire ecology; Lipid analysis; Nitrification; Rocky Mountains; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRE HAZARDS; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FIRE ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE; LIPID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SAPLING; SOIL NITROGEN;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PINUS; SAPLINGS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 44749086365     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.043     Document Type: Article

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