Snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus Dougl) effects on nitrogen availability in soils and solutions from a Sierran ecosystem

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Stein, C M ^a   Johnson, D W ^a   Miller, W W ^a   Powers, R F ^b   Young, D A ^c   Glass, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitrogen fixation; Resin lysimeters; Runoff; Snowbrush; Soil solution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALIFORNIA; COLUMN STUDY; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; JEFFREY PINE; LEACHATES; LEACHING RATES; MINERAL SOILS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY SOURCES; SIERRA NEVADA; SOIL LEACHING; SOIL SOLUTIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; RESINS; RUNOFF; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEACHING; LYSIMETER; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESIN; RUNOFF; SHRUB; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS VELUTINUS; PINUS JEFFREYI;

EID: 77954626055     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.96     Document Type: Article

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