Biogeochemical cycling in forest soils of the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2249-2260

  Johnson, D W ^a   Miller, W W ^a   Susfalk, R B ^b   Murphy, J D ^a   Dahlgren, R A ^c   Glass, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Leaching; Nutrients; Runoff; Semi arid forest; Snow

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DECOMPOSITION RATE; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROLOGIC EVENTS; HYDROPHOBIC SOILS; LAKE TAHOE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERFALLS; MINERAL SOILS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RUNOFF WATER; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID FOREST; SIERRA NEVADA; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SNOWPACK;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER REPELLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349759776     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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