Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to net primary productivity in a northern hardwood forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1108-1118

  Nave, Lucas E ^a,b   Vogel, Christoph S ^b   Gough, Christopher M ^a   Curtis, Peter S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; FINE ROOTS; FOREST CANOPIES; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; N DEPOSITION; NET N MINERALIZATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

HARDWOODS; MINERALOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; FOREST CANOPY; MINERALIZATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CARBON; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649427620     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-038     Document Type: Article

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