Effects of fire severity on plant nutrient uptake reinforce alternate pathways of succession in boreal forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 587-596

  Shenoy, Aditi ^a   Kielland, Knut ^a   Johnstone, Jill F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire severity; Plant nitrogen uptake; Soil nitrogen; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FIRE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84876453452     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0191-0     Document Type: Article

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