Tree species and soil nutrient profiles in old-growth forests of the oregon coast range

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-210

  Cross, Alison ^a   Perakis, Steven S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIGLEAF MAPLE; CANOPY TREES; DOUGLAS FIR; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOLIAR NUTRIENTS; FOREST FLOOR ACCUMULATION; FOREST FLOORS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MINERAL SOILS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OREGON COAST; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; TREE SPECIES; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; WESTERN HEMLOCK; WESTERN REDCEDAR;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; NUTRIENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CANOPY; CARBON; CATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST FLOOR; HETEROGENEITY; MINERAL; NITROGEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POTASSIUM; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SILICATES; SOIL; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ACER; ACER MACROPHYLLUM; CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 78951483225     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-199     Document Type: Article

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