Impacts of fire and fire surrogate treatments on ecosystem nitrogen storage patterns: Similarities and differences between forests of eastern and western North America

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3056-3070

  Boerner, R E J ^a   Huang, Jianjun ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

C AND N CYCLES; C AND N CYCLING; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY; FIRE SURROGATES; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST SITES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MECHANICAL THINNING; N DEPOSITIONS; NETWORK SCALES; NITROGEN STORAGES; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCRIBED FIRES; UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE HAZARDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

EID: 57849144867     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-144     Document Type: Article

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