Changes in soil properties following 55 years of secondary forest succession at Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.A

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-510

  Maloney, Kelly O ^a,b   Garten, Charles T ^c   Ashwood, Tom L ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Density; Historic land use; Land use legacy; Nitrogen; Restoration; Soil

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; LAND USE CHANGE; REFORESTATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47149085563     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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