Foliar Nitrogen Responses to the Environmental Gradient Matrix of the Adirondack Park, New York

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  McNeil, Brenden E ^a   Read, Jane M ^b   Driscoll, Charles T ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Foliar nitrogen; GIS; Temperate forest; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GIS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDERNESS AREA;

ADIRONDACK PARK; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856232743     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.595654     Document Type: Article

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