Nitrogen turnover in the leaf litter and fine roots of sugar maple

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3456-3462

  Pregitzer, Kurt S ^a   Zak, Donald R ^b   Talhelm, Alan F ^a   Burton, Andrew J ^c   Eikenberry, Jennifer R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Experimental NO3 deposition; Fine roots; Leaf litter; Long term tracer experiments; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen sinks; Northern hardwood; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

DOMINANCE; FINE ROOT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAF LITTER; MATURATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHRUB;

ACER; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

ACER; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 78650322905     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0633.1     Document Type: Article

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