Soil properties associated with net nitrification following watershed conversion from Appalachian hardwoods to Norway spruce

Plant and Soil

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 361-376

  Kelly, Charlene N ^a   Schoenholtz, Stephen H ^a   Adams, Mary Beth ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian hardwoods; Fernow Experimental Forest; Forest conversion; Nitrification; Norway spruce; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ECOREGION; EUTROPHICATION; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITION; INOCULATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATERSHED; WOOD;

APPALACHIANS;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79958765911     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0755-5     Document Type: Article

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