Density loss and respiration rates in coarse woody debris of Pinus radiata, Eucalyptus regnans and Eucalyptus maculata

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-186

  Mackensen, Jens ^a   Bauhus, Jürgen ^b  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Decomposition; Wood density; Wood respiration

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

WOOD DEBRIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; RESPIRATION;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PINUS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0037229259     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00255-9     Document Type: Article

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