Influence of bark beetle outbreaks on nutrient cycling in native pine stands in western Canada

Plant and Soil

Volumn 390, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 29-47

  Cigan, Paul W ^a   Karst, Justine ^a   Cahill, James F ^a   Sywenky, Alexandra N ^a   Pec, Gregory J ^a   Erbilgin, Nadir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Insect outbreak; Litter chemistry; Mountain pine beetle; Soil phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939983455     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2378-0     Document Type: Article

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