Long-term study of litter decomposition on a Pennine peat bog: Which regression?

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-103

  Latter, P M ^a,b   Howson, G ^a   Howard, D M ^a   Scott, W A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Long term; Moorland; Regression models; Variability

Indexed keywords

LITTER DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATION; PEATLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND; PENNINES; UK;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS;

EID: 0031954860     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050357     Document Type: Article

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