Increased soil temperature and atmospheric N deposition have no effect on the N status and growth of a mature balsam fir forest

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4627-4639

  D'Orangeville, L ^a   Houle, D ^b,c   Cote B ^a   Duchesne, L ^b   Morin, H ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c Consortium sur la Climatologie Régionale et l'Adaptation Aux Changements Climatiques ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; SNOWMELT; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84880459076     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4627-2013     Document Type: Article

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