Foliar litter position and decomposition in a fire-maintained longleaf pine - Wiregrass ecosystem

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 928-941

  Hendricks, Joseph J ^a   Wilson, Carlos A ^b   Boring, Lindsay R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; VAPORIZATION;

SURFACE RATES;

FORESTRY;

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ARISTIDA; ARISTIDA BEYRICHIANA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0036446879     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-020     Document Type: Article

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