N 2-Fixing Red Alder Indirectly Accelerates Ecosystem Nitrogen Cycling

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1182-1193

  Perakis, Steven S ^a   Matkins, Joselin J ^b,c   Hibbs, David E ^b  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sagebrush Steppe Regional Land Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus rubra; decomposition; feedback; N fertilization; nitrogen fixation; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84867661437     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9579-2     Document Type: Article

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