Post-Clearcutting Chronosequence in the B.C. Coastal Western Hemlock Zone: IV. Modeling Forest Floor N Dynamics and the Possible Role of Denitrification.

Part IV. Describes a forest floor nitrogen (N) budget model that uses the estimated rates of N inputs and outputs to the forest floor to calculate forest floor N storage along the chronosequence. Reason that the link between empirical data and forest management policy remains weak; Denitrification rates; Discrepancy between modeled and measured forest floor N storage.