Biogeochemistry of a temperate forest nitrogen gradient

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1481-1491

  Perakis, Steven S ^a   Sinkhorn, Emily R ^b  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Douglas fir forests; Equilibrium; Gross and net nitrogen mineralization; Nitrate leaching; Nitrification; Nutrient retention; Oregon Coast Range; Productivity; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Temperate forest; USA

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LINEARITY; LITTERFALL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATURATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOUGLAS FIR; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE;

NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOIL; TREES;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 79960463753     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1642.1     Document Type: Article

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