Challenges of measuring forest floor organic matter dynamics: Repeated measures from a chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 273-283

  Yanai, Ruth D ^a   Arthur, Mary A ^b   Siccama, Thomas G ^c   Federer, C Anthony ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem disturbance; Forest harvest; Forest soils; Northern hardwoods; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0034314171     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00402-3     Document Type: Article

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