Long-term nitrogen storage and soil nitrogen availability in post-fire lodgepole pine ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 792-806

  Smithwick, Erica A H ^a   Kashian, Daniel M ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^c   Turner, Monica G ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chronosequence; Density; Nitrate; Pinus contorta; Succession; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 68149155525     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9257-1     Document Type: Article

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