Influence of gap size on carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycling in Northern hardwood forests of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Plant and Soil

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 323-335

  Schliemann, Sarah A ^a   Bockheim, James G ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest floor leachates; Gap dynamics; Microbial community; Old growth; Soil leachates

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; FOREST FLOOR; GAP DYNAMICS; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREEFALL;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

EID: 84898057998     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-2005-5     Document Type: Article

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