Moose herbivory and carbon turnover of early successional stands in interior Alaska

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Kielland, Knut ^a   Bryant, John P ^a   Ruess, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; HERVIVORY; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MOOSE; SNOWSHOE HARE; WINTER BROWSING;

ALASKA; USA;

ALCES ALCES; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; RIPARIA; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0030765897     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546512     Document Type: Article

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