Nutrient stores and dynamics of woody detritus in a boreall forest: Modeling potential implications at the stand level

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-32

  Krankina, Olga N ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Griazkin, Anatolii V ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; MODELING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032896595     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-162     Document Type: Article

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