Influence of Disturbance on Temperate Forest Productivity

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-110

  Peters, Emily B ^a   Wythers, Kirk R ^a   Bradford, John B ^b   Reich, Peter B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

disturbance; foliar N; Great Lakes; N mineralization; NPP; PnET

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING; LEAF AREA INDEX; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; SOIL FERTILITY; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS;

EID: 84872846132     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9599-y     Document Type: Article

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