@article{b98c0d80f34941d3a976b061d66fbdd7,
title = "Fine root mass in relation to soil N supply in a cool temperate forest",
abstract = "Soil inorganic nitrogen supply and fine root mass in the top layers of mineral soil (0-5 and 5-10 cm) were investigated at upper and lower sites of a cool temperate forest where Fagus crenata and Quercus crispula dominate. At both sites, soil inorganic nitrogen supply was greatest in the 0-5 cm layer. The predominant forms of soil inorganic nitrogen supply were NH4 +-N at the upper site and NO3--N at the lower site. Fine roots were concentrated in the 0-5 cm layer at the upper site, but not at the lower site. The form of supplied soil inorganic nitrogen supply can be important in determining the vertical distribution of fine roots.",
keywords = "Cool temperate forest, Fine root mass, Forest soils, Nitrification, Nitrogen supply",
author = "Reiji Fujimaki and Ryunosuke Tateno and Muneto Hirobe and Naoko Tokuchi and Hiroshi Takeda",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank Kyoto University Ashiu Forest Research Station for supporting our study. We wish to thank the members of Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Kyoto University, for their very helpful suggestions on the manuscript and for assistance with fieldwork. This study was partly supported by a grant (11213205) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan.",
year = "2004",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00669.x",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "559--562",
journal = "Ecological Research",
issn = "0912-3814",
publisher = "Springer Japan",
number = "5",
}