Death and decay: A vital part of living canopies

Northwest Science

Volumn 70, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 46-53

  Parks, Catherine G ^a   Shaw, David C ^b  

^a Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPY; SNAG; WOOD DECAY;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029660989     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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