Patterns of snow, deposition, and soil nutrients at multiple spatial scales at a Rocky Mountain tree line ecotone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Liptzin, Daniel ^a,b   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTONE; ION EXCHANGE; LITTER; SNOW; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TUNDRA;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 72049123468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG000941     Document Type: Article

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