Similarity of nutrient uptake and root dimensions of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir at two contrasting sites in Colorado

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2233-2241

  Yanai, Ruth D ^a   McFarlane, Karis J ^a,b   Lucash, Melissa S ^a   Kulpa, Sarah E ^a,c   Wood, Dustin M ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Devine Tarbell and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Fountain Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Calcium; Ecosystem budget; Engelmann spruce; Fraser Experimental Forest; Loch Vale Watershed; Magnesium; Nitrate; Nutrient uptake kinetics; Phosphate; Potassium; Subalpine fir

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ENGELMANN SPRUCE; FRASER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; LOCH VALE WATERSHED; NUTRIENT UPTAKE KINETICS; SUBALPINE FIR;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BUDGET CONTROL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MAGNESIUM; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MORPHOLOGY; POTASSIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIUM; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COLORADO; COST CONTROL; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; NUTRIENTS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; ROOTS; WATER SHEDS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ABIES LASIOCARPA; ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA RUBENS; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS TAEDA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS;

EID: 70349778608     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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