Mass and nutrient content of dead wood in a central Illinois floodplain forest

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 488-494

  Polit, Juan I ^a,b   Brown, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Western Ecology Division ^*  (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Floodplain forest; Illinois; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient pools; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000491493     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161338     Document Type: Article

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