Litterfall, litter and associated chemistry in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and a pine plantation in south-eastern Australia: 1. Litterfall and litter

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-384

  Crockford, R H ^a   Richardson, D P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barkfall; Eucalypt forest; Litterfall; Litterfall chemistry; Pine plantation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN;

FORESTS; LITTER; TREES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032028113     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19980315)12:3<365::AID-HYP588>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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