Towards a predictive description of forest canopies from litter properties

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Roberts, J ^a   Hopkins, R ^a   Morecroft, M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Canopy structure; Forest floor; Leaf nitrogen; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; LEAF; LITTER; NITROGEN;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0032996729     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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