Stratification of soil ecological processes: A study of the birch forest floor in the Alaskan taiga

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Wagener, Stephen M ^a,b   Schimel, Joshua P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRCH FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; HORSETAIL; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL PROCESS; TAIGA;

ALASKA; USA;

EQUISETUM;

EID: 0031888129     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546468     Document Type: Article

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