Soil nitrogen five years after bark beetle infestation in lodgepole pine forests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 282-293

  Norton, Urszula ^a   Ewers, Brent E ^a   Borkhuu, Bujidmaa ^a   Brown, Nicholas R ^a   Pendall, Elise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE;

BARK BEETLE; BEETLE INFESTATION; CH 4; DISSOLVED ORGANIC N; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; MPB INFESTATION; N MINERALIZATION; SOIL NITROGEN; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PORE SPACE; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTS; NITROGEN; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84920973139     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.05.0223     Document Type: Article

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