Simulated effects of sulfur deposition on nutrient cycling in class I wilderness areas

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1419-1431

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Vose, James M ^a   Knoepp, Jennifer D ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^b   Swank, Wayne T ^a   Jackson, William ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE MINERALS;

CLASS I; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SULFUR DEPOSITIONS;

SULFUR;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT ROOT; SIMULATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ACIDITY; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DATA COLLECTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; SOIL; SULFUR;

EID: 47249122991     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0358     Document Type: Article

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