The Geography of Organic Decomposition Rates

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 551-560

  Meentemeyer, Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

actual evapotranspiration; chemical physical control; climatic control; lignin concentration; litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CHEMICAL PHYSICAL CONTROL; CLIMATIC CONTROL; LIGNIN CONCENTRATION.; LITTER DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 0021566239     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1984.tb01473.x     Document Type: Article

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