Do evergreen and deciduous trees have different effects on net N mineralization in soil?

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1463-1472

  Mueller, Kevin E ^a,b   Hobbie, Sarah E ^b   Oleksyn, Jacek ^c   Reich, Peter B ^b   Eissenstat, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Genera; Inorganic nitrogen; Leaf; Litter; Mineralization; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nutrients; Plant functional trait; Plant functional type

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TREE;

NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84862291326     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1906.1     Document Type: Article

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