Adaptation to exploit nitrate in surface soils predisposes yellow-cedar to climate-induced decline while enhancing the survival of western redcedar: A new hypothesis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2261-2268

  D'Amore, David V ^a   Hennon, Paul E ^a   Schaberg, Paul G ^b   Hawley, Gary J ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Climate change; Forest decline; Thuja plicata

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; COUNTERIONS; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; FOREST DECLINE; FOREST FLOORS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZING INJURY; INTERNAL CELLS; MARGINAL CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; N MINERALIZATION; NEARLY SATURATED SOILS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE SOIL; THUJA PLICATA; TREE SPECIES; WESTERN REDCEDAR;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; NITRIFICATION; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; SURVIVAL; TURNOVER;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; CLIMATES; CONCENTRATION; FORESTS; MEMBRANES; NITRIFICATION; THUJA PLICATA;

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 70349778854     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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