Enzyme activities and nitrogen transformations following fertilization of a Douglas-fir forest in coastal British Columbia

Forest fertilization has long been used to enhance tree growth and timber yield. More recently, fertilization has become the focus of increased interest as a potential method for increasing soil C uptake, vis-à-vis suppression of microbial enzymes that decompose recalcitrant soil organic matter (SO...

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Main Author: Adams, Seth Daniel
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17438