The spatial pattern of nitrogen cycling in the adirondack park, New York

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-452

  McNeil, Brenden E ^a,b   Read, Jane M ^a   Sullivan, Timothy J ^c   McDonnell, Todd C ^c   Fernandez, Ivan J ^d   Driscoll, Charles T ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c E and S Environmental Chemistry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack park; Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Foliar nitrogen; Forest disturbance; Functional trait; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Nitrogen cycling; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST CANOPY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADIRONDACK PARK; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HYPERION;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; NEW YORK; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 54549099225     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0276.1     Document Type: Article

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