Changes in soil biogeochemistry following disturbance by girdling and mountain pine beetles in subalpine forests

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 981-995

  Trahan, Nicole A ^a   Dynes, Emily L ^a   Pugh, Evan ^b   Moore, David J P ^a   Monson, Russell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Girdling; Lodgepole pine; Nutrient cycling; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; SOIL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NORTH AMERICA; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 84925491847     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3227-4     Document Type: Article

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