Soil temperature regimes in Finland

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 507-512

  Yli Halla, Markku ^a   Mokma, Delbert L ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryic temperature regime; Frigid temperature regime; Pergelic temperature regime; Snow cover; Soil taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032244175     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5606     Document Type: Article

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