Oak loss increases foliar nitrogen, 15N and growth rates of Betula lenta in a northern temperate deciduous forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1092-1101

  Falxa Raymond, Nancy ^a,e   Patterson, Angelica E ^b,d   Schuster, William S F ^c   Griffin, Kevin L ^a,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Black Rock Forest Consortium   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

black birch; forest disturbance; nitrate reductase; nitrogen cycling; oak girdling; stable isotopes; temperate forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; REGENERATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRCH; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; OAK; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREE;

BETULA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; QUERCUS; TREES;

BLACK ROCK FOREST; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84866382238     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps068     Document Type: Article

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