Aboveground production and nutrient circulation along a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest1

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1402-1418

  Burke, Marianne K ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^b   Conner, William H ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033306521     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-111     Document Type: Article

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