Modelling above- and below-ground mass loss and N dynamics in wooden dowels (LIDET) placed across North and Central America biomes at the decadal time scale

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2276-2290

  Smith, Amanda C ^a   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^b   Chen, Hua ^c   Harmon, Mark E ^d   Arp, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Grasslands; Mass; Nitrogen; Temperate; Tropical; Tundra; Wetlands; Wooden dowels

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; GRASSLANDS; MASS; TEMPERATE; TROPICAL; TUNDRA; WOODEN DOWELS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

FASTENERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; DECADAL VARIATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIMESCALE; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

CENTRAL AMERICA; DOWELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FASTENERS; FORESTS; GRASS LANDS; MASS; NITROGEN; NORTH AMERICA; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

GONYSTYLUS BANCANUS;

EID: 79959340108     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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