Does inorganic nitrogen limit plant growth 3-5 years after fire in a Wyoming, USA, lodgepole pine forest?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 829-835

  Romme, William H ^a   Tinker, Daniel B ^b   Stakes, Gail K ^b   Turner, Monica G ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calamagrostis rubescens; Carex rossii; Coniferous forest; Fertilization experiment; Lupinus argenteus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; CAREX ROSSII; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; LUPINUS ARGENTEUS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEDGE; WILDFIRE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MATERIALS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; CAREX ROSSII; LUPINUS ARGENTEUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 58149314044     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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