The contribution of coarse woody debris to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles in three Rocky Mountain coniferous forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1592-1603

  Laiho, Raija ^a   Prescott, Cindy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0033305878     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-132     Document Type: Article

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