Temporal variations of forest floor properties in the Coastal Western Hemlock zone of southern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 582-590

  Fons, Jaume ^a   Klinka, Karel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0031873701     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-027     Document Type: Article

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