Quantification of herb layer dynamics under tree canopy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Nabuurs, G J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Herb layer; Light; Peak standing crop; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294571     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03820-0     Document Type: Article

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