Influences Of a calcium gradient on soil inorganic nitrogen in the adirondack mountains, New York

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1604-1614

  Page, Blair D ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Adirondack mountains; American basswood; American beech; Calcium; Fagus grandifolia; New York; Nitrogen; Soil; Sugar maple; Tilia americana; USA

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA;

CALCIUM; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEM; NEW YORK; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 55949114141     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0150.1     Document Type: Article

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