Environmental controls on ground cover species composition and productivity in a boreal black spruce forest

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 261-270

  Bisbee, Kari E ^a   Gower, Stith T ^b   Norman, John M ^b   Nordheim, Erik V ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal black spruce forests; Feathermoss; Net primary production; Soil drainage; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUND COVER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0034777185     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100719     Document Type: Article

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