Soil nitrogen dynamics within profiles of a managed moist temperate forest chronosequence consistent with long-term harvesting-induced losses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1309-1321

  Kellman, Lisa ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Diochon, Amanda ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 84961291874     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002469     Document Type: Article

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