Quantitative estimates of coarse woody debris and standing dead trees in selected Swiss forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 327-341

  Bretz Guby, N A ^a   Dobbertin, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dead trees; Decay; Ecosystem function; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012946243     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997588     Document Type: Article

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