Forest succession, soil carbon accumulation, and rapid nitrogen storage in poorly remineralized soil organic matter

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2687-2693

  Lewis, David Bruce ^a   Castellano, Michael J ^b   Kaye, Jason P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Ecosystem; Kinetics; Mass balance; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen retention; Pennsylvania; Soil organic matter; Succession; Temperate hardwood forest; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84908266533     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2196.1     Document Type: Article

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