Long term accumulation of nitrogen in soils of dry mixed eucalypt forest in the absence of fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1133-1142

  Turner, John ^a   Lambert, Marcia ^a   Jurskis, Vic ^b   Bi, Huiquan ^c,d  

^a Forsci Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Nitrogen accumulation; Nutrient cycling; Tree health

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

AUSTRALIA; BASE CATIONS; EUCALYPT FOREST; FIRE; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE INTENSITY; LONG TERM; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE SOILING; TREE HEALTH;

FIRES;

ACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL FERTILITY;

ALUMINUM; CATIONS; FERTILITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; PLANTS; SOIL; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EDEN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 48849090852     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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