Coarse woody debris decomposition documented over 65 years on southern Vancouver Island

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 788-793

  Stone, Jeff N ^a   MacKinnon, Andy ^a   Parminter, John V ^a   Lertzman, Ken P ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST;

CANADA;

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0031717344     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-047     Document Type: Article

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