Biogeochemistry of beetle-killed forests: Explaining a weak nitrate response

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1756-1760

  Rhoades, Charles C ^a   McCutchan, James H ^b   Cooper, Leigh A ^b   Clow, David ^c   Detmer, Thomas M ^b   Briggs, Jennifer S ^c   Stednick, John D ^d   Vebleng, Thomas T ^b   Ertz, Rachel M ^b   Likensh, Gene E ^e,f,g   Lewis, William M ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nitrate loss; Nitrogen biogeochemistry; Streamwater chemistry; Watershed disturbance

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS CONTORTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84873142597     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221029110     Document Type: Article

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