Spatial relationships among boreal riparian trees, litterfall and soil erosion potential with reference to buffer strip management and coldwater fisheries

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  France, Robert ^a   Peters, Robert ^b   McCabe, Laura ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer strips; Riaprina literfall; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031860823     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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