Plant litter: Its dynamics and effects on plant community structure

The Botanical Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 1-32

  Facelli, José M ^a,b   Pickett, Steward T A ^a  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EID: 0026268827     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: 18749372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02858763     Document Type: Article

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