Effects of microtopography and disturbance on fine-root dynamics in wetland forests of low-order stream floodplains

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-71

  Jones, Robert H ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^b   Somers, Greg L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029972356     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426631     Document Type: Article

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